# Molly Shaffer Van Houweling

Molly Shaffer Van Houweling (born March 1, 1973) is an American cyclist, academic and legal scholar. Van Houweling is Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law and served as the chair of the board of Creative Commons. Van Houweling is also on the board of Authors Alliance a non-profit organization that helps authors disseminate their work broadly. Van Houweling also serves as an Associate Reporter for the American Law Institute Restatement of Copyright. She received her J.D. from the Harvard Law School in 1998. After law school she clerked for Judge Michael Boudin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, and then in 2000-2001 for Justice David Souter of the U.S. Supreme Court. She was previously on the faculty of the University of Michigan Law School before moving to UC Berkeley.
In addition to her work as a legal academic and copyright activist, Shaffer Van Houweling is also a competitive bicycle racer. On September 12, 2015, she set a new Hour record by cycling 46.273 km in an hour. Van Houweling is also a six-time UCI Amateur Road World Champion, most recently winning the time trial titles at the 2018 UCI World Cycling Tour Final in Varese, Italy.

## Palmares
### 2007

    1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship

### 2009

    1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
    1st Colorado Time Trial Championship

### 2010

    1st Overall Mt. Hood Cycling Classic
       1st Stage 2
    1st Overall Kern County Women's Stage Race
    1st Overall Topsport Stage
    1st Copperopolis Road Race
    1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
    1st Stage 1 Valley of the Sun Stage Race

### 2011

    1st UCI Masters World Championship Time Trial (W35-39)
    1st Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
       1st Stage 1
    1st Northern California/Nevada Road Race Championship
    1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship

### 2012

    UCI Masters World Championship (W35-39)
       1st Time Trial
       1st Road Race
    1st Overall Mariposa Women's Stage Race
    1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
    1st Northern California/Nevada Prestige Series

### 2014

    UCI Masters World Championship (W40-44)
       1st Time Trial
       1st Road Race
    1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship
    US Hour Record 44.173km

### 2015

    UCI Hour Best Performance (W40-44) 46.088km
    UCI Hour Record 46.273km
    UCI Masters World Championship (W40-44)
       1st Time Trial
       1st Road Race
    1st Northern California/Nevada Time Trial Championship

### 2016

    Masters National Track Championships
       1st Individual Pursuit (W40-44)
    National Records
       40km Time Trial Record (W40-44), 52:48
       Individual Pursuit (W40-44), 2:30.613
       Kilo (W40-44), 1:16.104

### 2017

    UCI Masters World Track Championships
       1st Team Pursuit (W40-44)
       1st Individual Pursuit (W40-44)
    National Track Championships
       1st Team Pursuit
       2nd Individual Pursuit
    World Bests
       UCI Hour Best Performance (W40-44), 47.061km
       UCI Best Performance 2km Pursuit (W40-44), 2:24.753
    National Records
       Kilo (W40-44), 1:14.772
       Team Pursuit (W40-44), 3:48.259

### 2018

    UCI Masters World Road Championship (W45-49)
       1st Time Trial
    National Track Championships
       1st Team Pursuit
       2nd Individual Pursuit
    World Bests
       UCI Hour Best Performance (W45-49), 46.897km
    National Records
       40km Time Trial Record (W45-49), 55:16.626

### 2019

    National Track Championships
       1st Individual Pursuit

### 2022

    UCI Masters World Road Championship (W45-49)
       3rd Time Trial
    3rd UCI Masters World Gravel Championship (W45-49)

### 2023

    UCI Masters World Road Championship (W50-54)
       2nd Time Trial

## UCI Hour record attempts

| Date | Location | Distance (km) | Difference to record (m) | Notes |
| December 2014 | Carson, CA, United States | 44.173 | 1892 (+) | New national record. Beat Carolyn Donnellys 44.028 km distance set in 1990. |
| February 2015 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 45.637 | 698 (+) | New national record. |
| July 7, 2015 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 46.088 | 23 (-) | New national record. This attempt also beat the previous UCI hour record of 46.065 km but as Van Houweling was not part of the athletes biological passport programme the attempt did not count. |
| September 12, 2015 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 46.273 | 208 (-) | Beat the 12-year-old record held by Dutchwoman Leontien van Moorsel. Note, Van Moorsel rode a 'Merckx-style' bike. |

## UCI Masters Hour Best Performance attempts

| Date | Location | Distance (km) | Difference to record (m) | Notes |
| July 15, 2017 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 47.061 | 973 (+) | New national record and world best performance for Women 40-44, exceeding Van Houweling's own W40-44 record set on July 7, 2015. |
| September 24, 2018 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | 46.897 | 5,658 (-) | New national record and world best performance for Women 45-49, exceeding Lillian Pfluke's W45-49 US and World record set in of 41.239 set in Manchester, England in 2006. |

## Footnotes

* ↑ (+) indicates behind the current record (-) indicates ahead of the current record
* ↑ (+) indicates behind the current record (-) indicates ahead of the current record