Tillie Anderson (April 23, 1875 – April 29, 1965) was a road and track cyclist. Tillie, a Swedish immigrant and, from all accounts, an extremely strong-willed individual, outpaced the best of the best on the wheel, with times that are still impressive today. Born in Skåne, Sweden in 1875, Tillie emigrated to Chicago in 1891 at the age of 16. At 18, she had saved enough money working as a seamstress to buy her first bicycle. During the summer of 1895, she took part in the race over the Elgin-Aurora (Ill.) century course and broke the century record. She later traveled around the country taking part in six-day bicycle races for women, which involved racing at top speed two hours each evening for six consecutive days. Tillie was 20 years old when the League of American Wheelmen recognized her as the best woman cyclist in the world. In June 2000 – 105 years later - Tillie was posthumously inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame , an undisputed champion and a true pioneer in women's athletics.
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Tillie Anderson var cyklist på 1890-talet och en av de första svenskfödda proffsidrottarna.
Tillie Anderson was a cyclist in the 1890s and one of the first Swedish-born professional sports profiles.
Tillie Anderson, född som Matilda Andersson 23 april 1875 i Grevie församling, Skåne, död 29 april 1965 i Detroit Lakes, Minnesota - begravd i Osage, USA var en svensk-amerikansk tävlingscyklist aktiv från cirka 1893 till 1902. Hon deltog i 130 tävlingar (mestadels velodrom men även landsväg) och vann 123 av dem, vilket blir en vinnarprocent på nästan 95%. Under åren 1897-1902 utsågs hon av The League of American Wheelman till världens bästa kvinnliga cyklist.
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