Louise Armaindo | |
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| Born | Louise or Louisa Brisebois or Brisbois 1861 |
| Died | 1900 |
| Occupation(s) | strongwoman, trapeze artist, competitive walker, and high-wheel cyclist |
Louise Armaindo, born either Louise or Louisa Brisebois or Brisbois (1861–1900), was a Canadian strongwoman, trapeze artist, competitive walker, and high-wheel cyclist.[1][2] Throughout the last decades of the 19th century, she was known as "the champion female bicycle rider of the world."[3]
- ^ Hall, M. Ann (2018-08-21). Muscle on Wheels: Louise Armaindo and the High-Wheel Racers of Nineteenth-Century America. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. ISBN 9780773555327.
- ^ "Louise Armaindo at CyclingRanking.com". CyclingRanking.com.
- ^ Hall, M. Ann (2008-10-15). Immodest and Sensational: 150 Years of Canadian Women in Sports. James Lorimer & Company. pp. 12. ISBN 9781552770214.