Racquel Sheath
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 November 1994 Morrinsville,New Zealand |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
Medal record | |
Racquel Sheath(born 27 November 1994) is a retired New Zealandtrackand road cyclist. She represented her nation at the2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[1]
Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in thewomen's team pursuitat the2016 Summer Olympicsin Rio de Janeiro.[2]There, she delivered the quartet ofLauren Ellis,Jaime Nielsen,andRushlee Buchanana New Zealand record of 4:17.592 to ensure the team's spot in the medal race, before narrowly losing the face-off to their Canadian rivals (4:18.459) for the bronze by a 3.8-second margin.[3][4]
Sheath retired from cycling in August 2020.[5]Following her retirement, she became afinancial adviserwith her family's insurance company, and opened anail saloninCambridge.[6]
Major results[edit]
- 2014
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit (withLauren Ellis,Jaime NielsenandGeorgia Williams) - 2nd
Omnium
- 1st
- BikeNZ Classic
- 3rd Points race
- 3rd Scratch
- 2015
- 6th OverallTour of America's Dairyland
- 2016
- 1st
Criterium, National Road Championships - Oceania Track Championships
- 2ndMadison (withMichaela Drummond)
- 2ndOmnium
- 2ndTeam sprint (withEmma Cumming)
- 3rd
Points race
- 2nd
- 2017
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1stOmnium
- 1stTeam pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd Omnium, National Track Championships
- 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Team pursuit,UCI Track Cycling World Championships - 6thWhite Spot / Delta Road Race
- 2018
- 1stCriterium, National Road Championships
- 2nd
Team pursuit,Commonwealth Games
References[edit]
- ^"Racquel Sheath".procyclingstats.com.Retrieved7 February2015.
- ^"New Zealand finalise 19-rider Rio Olympic squad".Cyclingnews.com.8 July 2016.Retrieved6 February2017.
- ^"Rio Olympics 2016: Women's pursuit team to ride for bronze".The New Zealand Herald.14 August 2016.Retrieved6 February2017.
- ^"Rio Olympics 2016: Women's team pursuiters miss out on bronze".Stuff.co.nz.14 August 2016.Retrieved6 February2017.
- ^"Cycling New Zealand loses another track star".RNZ.13 August 2020.Retrieved15 August2021.
- ^"Racquel Sheath".EssentialInsurances.co.nz.Essential Insurances Ltd.Retrieved10 July2022.
External links[edit]
- Racquel SheathatUCI
- Racquel SheathatCycling Archives
- Racquel SheathatProCyclingStats
- Racquel SheathatOlympedia
- Racquel SheathatOlympics.com
- Racquel Sheathat theNew Zealand Olympic Committee
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- Living people
- New Zealand female cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Financial advisors
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Sportspeople from Waikato
- New Zealand cycling biography stubs