Olga Zabelinskaya

Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya (also transliterated Zabelinskaia; Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Забелинская; born 10 May 1980) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Cogeas–Mettler–Look.[4] While competing for Russia, she won three Olympic medals, before changing allegiances to Uzbekistan in 2018.[5]

Olga Zabelinskaya
Zabelinskaya in 2020
Personal information
Full name
  • Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya
  • Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Забелинская
Born (1980-05-10) 10 May 1980
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
Team information
Current teamCogeas–Mettler–Look
Discipline
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2010Koga Miyata (guest)
2018Velo Alanya Cycling Team (guest)
Professional teams
2001–2002Carpe Diem–Itera[2]
2003Velodames–Colnago[2]
2004Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung[2]
2006Fenixs–Colnago[2]
2010–2011Safi–Pasta Zara[2]
2012–2014RusVelo[2]
2016–2017Bepink
2018–Cogeas[3]

Career

Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Zabelinskaya twice became the junior world champion in 1997, in road and track individual races. She missed the 2004 Olympics because she was having a baby. In 2006, Zabelinskaya quit competitive cycling, but returned in 2009.[6]

She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won bronze medals in both the road race and the time trial.[7][8] Subsequently, she won a silver medal in the time trial at the 2016 Olympics. She is the first Russian female cyclist to win two Olympic medals in road events.

Doping

In July 2014 it was reported that Zabelinskaya had tested positive for octopamine at an international race in the spring.[9] In February 2016, she accepted an 18-month ban, which she already served and which expired in September 2015.[10]

Personal life

Zabelinskaya is the daughter of the Olympic champion former cyclist Sergei Sukhoruchenkov. She was separated from her father and they first met when Zabelinskaya was 16.[11] She has three children.[12] As of August 2012, she spends winters in Cyprus, where she trains, and summers in Saint Petersburg.[11]

Major results

1997
1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
1st Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships
1998
UCI Junior Road World Championships
2nd Road race
2nd Time trial
2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships
2001
3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2002
1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
2003
5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
2006
1st Stage 7b Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
2010
1st Overall International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
5th Road race
3rd Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
3rd Overall Route de France Féminine
4th Memorial Davide Fardelli
9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
9th GP de Plouay
10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
2011
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
10th Road race
3rd Chrono des Nations
4th Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
5th Memorial Davide Fardelli
6th Open de Suède Vargarda TTT
8th Trofeo Costa Etrusca
9th Overall Energiewacht Tour
9th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
10th Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
2012
Zabelinskaya in 2012
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
8th Road race
2nd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige – Südtirol
2nd Celtic Chrono
2nd Celtic Chrono–Belfast
Olympic Games
3rd Road Race
3rd Time Trial
3rd Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
5th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
8th National Road Race Championships
9th Overall Tour de Free State
2013
UCI Road World Championships
4th Team time trial
7th Time trial
4th Chrono des Nations
5th Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
2014
1st Overall Vuelta Femenina a Costa Rica
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
1st Grand Prix GSB
2nd Grand Prix El Salvador
3rd Overall Vuelta a El Salvador
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
4th Grand Prix de Oriente
7th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
8th Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
1st Stage 2
2016
2nd Time Trial, Olympic Games
2nd Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
2nd Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana
2nd Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
3rd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
4th Overall Gracia - Orlova
UCI Road World Championships
4th Team time trial
4th Time trial
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
1st Stage 2
7th Crescent Vargarda TTT
2017
1st Points race, National Track Championships
UEC European Road Championships
3rd Road race
8th Time trial
4th Chrono des Nations
6th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
8th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
8th Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes
2018
1st Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup "Women's Tour of Thailand"
1st Stage 1a (TTT)
1st Overall Tour of Eftalia Hotels & Velo Alanya
1st Prologue & Stage 1
1st Ljubljana-Domzale-Ljubljana TT
1st Chrono des Nations
1st Stage 3 (ITT) Gracia Orlova
3rd Omnium, Six Days of Bremen
7th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
2019
Asian Track Championships
1st Points race
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Madison
3rd Omnium
Asian Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
1st Time Trial
1st Aphrodite Sanctuary Cycling Race
1st Aphrodite Cycling Race Individual Time Trial
4th Grand Prix Justiniano Hotels
4th Grand Prix Alanya
4th Grand Prix Gazipasa
10th Grand Prix Velo Alanya

References

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