Anna Tykoliz (nee Interisano) is a 1954 baby boomer baby born and raised in the City of Port Colborne. Anna is a product of the softball, swimming, tennis, skating and gymnastics municipal sporting programs offered by the City of Port Colborne during the 1960’s. Anna and her high school sweetheart (and husband), Wally’s, passion for cycling started on their bicycle built for two and progressed to competitive cycling disciplines of mountain biking, cyclocross racing, individual road cycling time trials, road racing, criterium racing and Esports Virtual Racing.
As a proud Team Canada Member, Anna represented Canada at the Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI) World Master Championships in Denmark, Slovenia, France and earned a Silver Medal in Canada. In 2021, Anna achieved historic acclaim by winning 3 Gold Medals at the Canadian Cycling Championships for Individual Time Trial, the Road Race and the Criterium at Victoriaville, Quebec. Anna topped off 2021 by winning her 4th Gold Medal at the Canadian National Esports Championships. And for an encore performance, Anna repeated her historic cycling feat in 2022 by winning 3 Gold Medals at Canadian Cycling Championships for Individual Time Trial, the Road Race and the Criterium at Victoriaville, Quebec. Quite a feat for sure, a total of 7 Canadian National Championships for Anna.
Anna’s dedication to athleticism is quite evident but what is most outstanding is Anna’s devotion and dedication to her community through volunteerism at her church and the many minor sporting organizations her children Janet and Jay attended and participated in through the years.
