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SA’s Female Road Cyclist of the Year in 2008 has established herself as one of the most consistent race winners and visits the podium in almost every race she enters. >FULL NAMES>
Marissa van der Merwe
DATE OF BIRTH
30 August 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH
Pretoria
CURRENT PLACE OF RESIDENCE
Middelburg, Mpumalanga
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL TEAMS
Proline 2004–2007
MTN Energade 2008 NATIONAL TEAM REPRESENTATION
World Championships, Austria 2006
World Championships, Germany 2007
Continental Championships, Egypt 2005
Continental Championships, Mauritius 2006
Continental Championships, Cameroon 2007
African Games, Algeria 2007
European Tour 2005, 2006 | 
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Beijing Olympic Games 2008
World Championships, Italy 2008 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
24th World Championships 2005
1st Continental Championships 2007
2nd African Games 2007
3rd Cape Argus Pick and Pay Cycle Tour 2007
1st Elite Women's SA Time Trial Championships 2008
1st Tour of Durban 2008 BEST RESULTS IN 2008
1st overall CSA Super Series
1st Emperors Palace Road Race
1st Tour Durban
1st SA Time Trial Championships
1st Rand Water Race for Victory
1st Pick ‘n Pay OFM Classic
MARITAL STATUS
Married to Thinus van der Merwe
RIDING STRENGTHS
Climbing
RIDING WEAKNESSES
Impatience
RACING GOALS FOR 2009
Podium MTN National MTB Series Win SA road champs
Win Cape Argus Pick ‘n Pay Cycle Tour
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