Colin Strickland

Colin Strickland

Personal information
Born	(1986-11-07) November 7, 1986 Johnson City, Texas
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Discipline	Fixed Gear Criteriums Road Gravel Racing
Amateur team
2014–2015	Elbowz Racing
Professional team
2016	Specialized Allez Allez
Major wins
2015 Red Hook Crit Milan 2016 Red Hook Crit Brooklyn 2016 Red Hook Crit London 2016 Red Hook Crit Barcelona 2019 Unbound Gravel Kansas, USA

Colin Arturo Strickland (born November 7, 1986) is an American former bicycle racer specializing in gravel racing and fixed gear criteriums. He first became known for his wins in the Red Hook Crit series, before finding further success at gravel races like Unbound Gravel. Most recently, Strickland has been known in his connection with the murder of Moriah Wilson. Strickland purchased the gun that his then live-in girlfriend and business partner Kaitlin Armstrong was convicted of using to kill Moriah Wilson. After the murder of Wilson, in response to the police report [1] Strickland was dropped by a number of sponsors including Specialized, Enve Composites, and apparel brand Rapha. [2]

Early life and early career

Colin Strickland was born in 1986 in Johnson City, Texas and grew up on a farm. By his twenties, he had started cycling as a form of transportation. His first experience with bicycle racing was winning an Alleycat at the 2010 North American Handmade Bike Show.

In 2019, Strickland rose in prominence by winning the Unbound Gravel 200. While already known as a gravel racer after winning the Gravel Worlds in 2017 and 2018, his victory at Unbound was notable due to the presence of several current UCI World Tour professional riders. His sudden rise to broader cycling stardom led to a contract offer from

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Association with Mo Wilson

Main article: Murder of Moriah Wilson

On May 11, 2022, Strickland's girlfriend and business partner of three years, Kaitlin Armstrong, murdered Anna Moriah "Mo" Wilson, a professional gravel cyclist, in Austin, Texas. Strickland and Wilson had a romantic relationship during a brief split between Strickland and Armstrong. Armstrong had not moved out during the split. [3] Strickland and Wilson had spent the day of her murder together; going to a local swimming hole and getting dinner. [4] Strickland had changed Wilson's name in his phone to ‘Christine Wall’. [5] After dropping Wilson off, he texted Armstrong, lying about his whereabouts. [6] Strickland purchased the gun that his then live-in partner Kaitlin Armstrong was convicted of using to kill Moriah Wilson. [7][8]

Major results

2015

1st Red Hook Crit Milan

3rd Road race, National Amateur Road Championships

2016

1st Red Hook Crit

1st Brooklyn

1st London

1st Barcelona

2017

1st Gravel Worlds

2018

1st Gravel Worlds

2nd Overall Tour of America's Dairyland

1st Stages 4 & 10

2019

1st Unbound Gravel

1st The Rift Gravel Race, Iceland

2020

2nd Mid-South Gravel

External links

• Colin Strickland at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Colin Strickland at ProCyclingStats