Georgia Gould


Georgia Gould is an American professional mountain bike, cyclocross competitor, and Olympian. She has earned five career national championships – four in cross-country mountain bike in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and one in short track mountain bike in 2009. In 2012, Gould won the bronze medal at the London Olympic Games in cross country mountain bike. From 2006-2016 Gould was employed by the LUNA Pro Team. She currently resides in East Burke, Vermont with her husband, Dusty LaBarr.

Accomplishments

Mountain Bike

From 2006-2016 Georgia Gould finished on the podium of the USA Mountain Bike National Championships in either cross-country, short track, or both. She earned national titles in cross-country in 2006, 2010, 2011 and 2012, and short track in 2009. In 2007, Gould became only the second woman in history to sweep all six of the USA National Mountain Bike Series races. The last to do so was American Juli Furtado in 1993. Gould reprised her NMBS series win in cross-country in 2008, and again by winning the 2010 US Pro Cross-Country Tour.
Internationally Gould has been similarly successful: In 2012, she won the bronze medal for cross-country mountain bike at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. In 2008, she finished 5th overall in the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, and followed it with a 4th place overall in 2010. In 2007, she won the gold medal at the 2007 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships in Neuquén, Argentina, propelling the US Women's mountain biking program to the top of international rankings. In 2009, Gould finished 2nd in the American Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Santiago, Chile.

Cyclocross

Georgia Gould has excelled in cyclocross both domestically and internationally, finishing no worse than third in the USA Cyclocross National Championships since 2006. She has won the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross series three times and the North American Cyclocross Trophy once in 2008. Internationally Gould won the 2008 GP Hotel Threeland in Pétange, Luxembourg and placed 3rd in the 2008 Grand Prix Nommay, part of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.

Equal Pay for Women Cyclists

In December 2007 Gould became known for the "Gould Formula" – a proposal to award equal prize money to the top five men and women finishers in international cyclocross events. A petition delivered to the UCI equality between all the members and all the athletes, license-holders and officials, without racial, political, religious or other discrimination.» We ask the UCI to honor its commitment to equality."
Gould was appointed as a member of the inaugural UCI Athletes' Commission in 2011.
In 2013, Gould was appointed to the UCI Mountain Bike Commission where she helped secure equal prize money for women in all UCI-sanctioned Mountain Bike races.

Achievements

Georgia Gould's career highlights
;2012 Mountain Bike
Bronze medal, Olympic Games, Cross-Country Mountain Bike

USA Mountain Bike National Champion, Cross Country
;2011 Mountain Bike
USA Mountain Bike National Champion, Cross Country
;2011 Cyclocross
;2010 Mountain Bike
USA Mountain Bike National Champion, Cross Country
;2010 Cyclocross
;2009 Mountain Bike
USA Mountain Bike National Champion, Short Track
;2009 Cyclocross
;2008 Mountain Bike
;2008 Cyclocross
;2007 Mountain Bike
;2007 Cyclocross
;2006 Mountain Bike
USA Mountain Bike National Champion, Cross Country
;2006 Cyclocross
;2005