| 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 Zealand track and road cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[1]
Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[2] There, she delivered the quartet of Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, and Rushlee Buchanan a 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 a financial adviser with her family's insurance company, and opened a nail salon in Cambridge.[6]
Major results
[edit]- 2014
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Georgia Williams) - 2nd
Omnium
- 1st
- BikeNZ Classic
- 3rd Points race
- 3rd Scratch
- 2015
- 6th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
- 2016
- 1st
Criterium, National Road Championships - Oceania Track Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Michaela Drummond)
- 2nd Omnium
- 2nd Team sprint (with Emma Cumming)
- 3rd
Points race
- 2nd
- 2017
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd Omnium, National Track Championships
- 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships - 6th White Spot / Delta Road Race
- 2018
- 1st Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
References
[edit]- ^ "Racquel Sheath". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "New Zealand finalise 19-rider Rio Olympic squad". Cyclingnews.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Women's pursuit team to ride for bronze". The New Zealand Herald. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Women's team pursuiters miss out on bronze". Stuff.co.nz. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
- ^ "Cycling New Zealand loses another track star". RNZ. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "Racquel Sheath". EssentialInsurances.co.nz. Essential Insurances Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2022.
External links
[edit]- Racquel Sheath at UCI
- Racquel Sheath at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Racquel Sheath at ProCyclingStats
- Racquel Sheath at Olympedia (archive)
- Racquel Sheath at Olympics.com
- Racquel Sheath at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
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