# Liz Hepple

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'''Elizabeth Hepple''' (born 7 July 1959) is an Australian former [cyclist](/source/Cycle_sport). She was a member of the [University of Queensland](/source/University_of_Queensland) cycling club.  She was the first Australian ever to take the podium at [Tour de France](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Cycling_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_individual_road_race) at the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Grande_Boucle_F%C3%A9minine_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](/source/Giro_Donne).<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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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>

==See also==
*[Australian cyclists at the Tour de France](/source/Australian_cyclists_at_the_Tour_de_France)

==References==
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==External links==
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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

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