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Success Stories
With over four decades of coaching experience, Houshang Amiri and PCC have seen many athletes come through our doors and achieve high levels of success during their time with us.
Our alumni past successes are immense and now we have a new generation of athletes who are making strides and achieving podium finishes on a national and international level.
Athletes training with the Pacific Cycling Centre have over 100 National Championship medals between them and range from provincial elite to Olympic competitors.
Cycling alumni
PCC Alumni athletes include: MTB World Champion Roland Green, Giro d’italia Champion Ryder Hesjedal, Seven-time National Time Trial Champion and Olympian Svein Tuft, World Cup finisher and Olympian Erinne Willock, MTB XCO podium finisher Max Plaxton, XTerra World Champion Melanie McQuaid and Paralympic Track World Championship third-place finishers Brian Cowie and Devon Smibert.
I attribute my increased performance directly to my association with Houshang Amiri. I am not getting any younger but I am getting faster and stronger, so Houshang must be doing something right – Brian Cowie (2009)
Current Athletes
During the course of a season PCC has approximately 20 athletes who participate in its programs from attending camps to racing in provincial and national events.
Over the last eight years PCC athletes have won over 50 National and Provincial Championship medals including nine National champion titles and 20 Provincial champion titles.
Current athletes includes 2023 Elite National Criterium Champion and Elite Road Race Provincial Road Champion Holly Simonson, 2023 Junior Road Race Provincial Champion Kimberly Chen, 2022 ITT Masters World Champion Renate Walton, 2021 U23 BC Road Race winner Micaiah Besler, Brenna Pauly, Amiel Flett Brown, Parker Swanstrom and Caleb Bender.