Liz Hepple

{{Short description|Australian cyclist (born 1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Liz Hepple | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|7|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = }} '''Elizabeth Hepple''' (born 7 July 1959) is an Australian former cyclist. She was a member of the University of Queensland cycling club. She was the first Australian ever to take the podium at Tour de France, placing third in 1988.<ref name="Aussie"/><ref name="Guinness" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/australian-pioneers/|title=Australian pioneers: Remembering the "first" Women's Tour de France|first1=Zeb |last1=Woodpower |date=July 26, 2014|work=Cycling News |accessdate=February 24, 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Retro: Liz Hepple, the first Australian on Tour de France GC podium (3rd in 1988) |date=February 25, 2025 |url=https://www.ridemedia.com.au/retro-liz-hepple-the-first-australian-on-tour-de-france-gc-podium-3rd-in-1988/ |accessdate=February 24, 2026}}</ref> She competed in the women's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name="Aussie"/><ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/elizabeth-hepple-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103616/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/elizabeth-hepple-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Elizabeth Hepple Olympic Results |accessdate=10 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=September 27, 1988 |via=Newspapers.com|accessdate=February 24, 2026 |title=Cyclists say course not a good test |first1=John |last1=Brock |location=Seoul |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/191982623/}}</ref> In the same year, she also placed third in the Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale<ref name="Aussie"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.podiumcafe.com/book-corner/2014/9/2/6096243/the-breakaway-by-nicole-cooke|title=The Breakaway, by Nicole Cooke (Part 1)|date=2 September 2014|publisher=|accessdate=6 February 2018}}{{dead link|date=February 2026}}</ref> and second in the Giro d'Italia Femminile.<ref name="Aussie"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://girorosadotit.wordpress.com/albo-doro/|title=Giro d'Italia Internazionale Femminile Palmarès|date=4 March 2016|publisher=girorosa.it}}</ref> She won three times (1983 [its first edition],<ref name="Aussie"/> 1989, and 1990) at the Noosa Triathlon, placing first in the 1990 with a time of 2:07:35,<ref name="Guinness">{{cite book |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Power_of_the_Pedal/vfiCDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Elizabeth+Hepple+cyclist&pg=PA93 |title=Power of the Pedal: The Story of Australian Cycling {{mdash}} Liz Hepple and the Women's Tour|first1=Rupert |last1=Guinness |isbn=9780642279224 |id=ISBN 0642279225 |type=Paperback |year=2018|publisher=National Library of Australia|language=English |page=93}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=$10,000 Win Just a Hobby For Hepple Triathlon Gold Coast |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=May 7, 1990 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=February 24, 2026 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sydney-morning-herald/191982710/}}</ref>

In 1992, she became a scholarship coach at the Queensland Academy of Sport, and in 2007 transitioned to athlete well being and engagement. In that role, she "has guided many of the best in Australian cycling and sport from Queensland."<ref name="Aussie"/>

In 2024, she was inducted into the Australian Cycling Hall of Fame.<ref name="Aussie">{{cite web |url=https://auscycling.org.au/people/liz-hepple |title=Liz Hepple |publisher=Australian Cycling |accessdate=February 26, 2026}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hepple, Liz}} Category:1959 births Category:Living people Category:Australian female cyclists Category:Olympic cyclists for Australia Category:Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:20th-century Australian sportswomen