{{Short description|American cyclist (born 1976)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{BLP one source|date=June 2014}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Cari Higgins | image = Richmond 2015 UCI (21521452966).jpg | caption = Riding with {{UCI team code|UHC2|2015}} at the 2015 UCI Road World Championships | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|10|5}} | birth_place = United States | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2007–2008 | amateurteam1 = Team America's Dairyland | amateuryears2 = 2009 | amateurteam2 = Proman Hit Squad | amateuryears3 = 2010–2013 | amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|T16|2010}} | proyears1 = 2014–2016 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|UHC2|2014}} | majorwins = | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalSport | Women's track cycling}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2009 Mexico City|Scratch}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Mexico City|500m time trial}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Mexico City|Keirin}} {{MedalBronze|2009 Mexico City|Sprint}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Medellin|Omnium}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Medellin|Points race}} {{MedalBronze|2012 Mar del Plata|Team pursuit}} }} '''Cari Higgins''' (born October 5, 1976) is an American former racing cyclist.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=39922|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140702063058/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=39922|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 2, 2014|title=Cari Higgins|accessdate=July 9, 2014|publisher=cyclingarchives.com}}</ref> Following her retirement from cycling, Higgins became a real estate agent.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jason|last=Blevins|url=https://coloradosun.com/2022/03/08/colorado-classic-throws-hail-mary-for-a-title-sponsor-as-professional-bike-racing-falters-in-the-u-s/|title=Colorado Classic throws "Hail Mary" for a title sponsor as professional bike racing falters in the U.S.|website=The Colorado Sun|date=March 8, 2022|accessdate=July 10, 2022|quote=[...] said Cari Higgins, a Boulder real estate broker who left a corporate career in medical sales to become a 19-time U.S. Elite National Champion road cycling racer.}}</ref>
In 2021, Higgins was appointed to USA Cycling's Board of Directors as an Athlete Representative.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/usa-cycling-announces-election-of-all-female-athlete-representatives-to-its-board-of-directors/|title=USA Cycling announces election of all-female Athlete Representatives to its Board of Directors|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=December 1, 2021|accessdate=July 10, 2022}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col start}} ;2007 : National Track Championships ::1st 20px Team sprint (with Liz Reap-Carlson) ::3rd 500m time trial ;2008 : National Track Championships ::1st 20px 500m time trial ::1st 20px Keirin ::1st 20px Sprint ::1st 20px Team sprint (with Liz Reap-Carlson) ::3rd Individual pursuit ;2009 : Pan American Track Championships ::2nd 15px Scratch ::3rd 15px 500m time trial ::3rd 15px Keirin ::3rd 15px Sprint ;2010 : 1st Stage 2 Tulsa Tough : 9th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland ::1st Stage 1 ;2011 : 2nd Overall Tour of America's Dairyland : Pan American Track Championships ::3rd 15px Omnium ::3rd 15px Points race ;2012 : National Track Championships ::1st 20px Team pursuit (with Jacquelyn Crowell and Lauren Tamayo) ::2nd Points race : 3rd 15px Team pursuit, Pan American Track Championships : 9th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland ::1st Stage 7 ;2013 : 1st 20px Points race, National Track Championships : 3rd Athens Twilight Criterium : 3rd Team pursuit, Los Angeles Grand Prix (with Elizabeth Newell, Lauren Tamayo and Jade Wilcoxson) : 5th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland ;2014 : 2nd 15px Team pursuit, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Guadalajara ;2015 : 5th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland ::1st Stage 6 {{div col end}}
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==External links== *{{official website|https://carihiggins.com/}} *{{sports links}} *{{UCI rider|54939}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Higgins, Cari}} Category:American female cyclists Category:Living people Category:1976 births Category:21st-century American women Category:American real estate brokers Category:University of Alabama alumni