Olga Shekel

Olga Shekel (Ukrainian: Ольга Шекель; born 28 May 1994) is a Ukrainian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team A.R. Monex.[2]

Olga Shekel
Shekel at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
Personal information
Full name
  • Olga Shekel
  • Ukrainian: Ольга Шекель
Born (1994-05-28) 28 May 1994
Ukraine
Team information
Current teamA.R. Monex
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeTime-trialist
Professional teams
2013Chirio Forno d'Asolo
2016Bizkaia–Durango
2018S.C. Michela Fanini Rox
2019–2020Astana[1]
Medal record
Representing  Ukraine
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 TartuTime trial

For the 2021 season, Shekel will join the Dubai Police team for its first season at UCI level.[3]

Career

She was a silver medalist in the under-23 time trial at the 2015 European Road Championships.[4][5][6] A few days before the start, she was injured in a car crash. "I have suffered from pain all night, was nervous, but it is the most important that I am healthy. God has rewarded me for assiduity and sufferings. I am happy," – said she in an interview.[7]

Major results
2012
8th Time Trial, National Road Championships
2013
National Road Championships
10th Time Trial
10th Road Race
2015
2nd U23 Time Trial, European Road Championships
National Road Championships
4th Time Trial
4th Road Race
2017
2nd VR Women ITT
National Road Championships
3rd Road Race
7th Time Trial
9th Time Trial, European Road Championships
2018
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
3rd Time Trial
2nd Horizon Park Women Challenge
3rd VR Women ITT
5th Overall Tour of Eftalia Hotels and Velo Alanya
8th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
2019
National Road Championships
1st Road Race
3rd Time Trial
1st Visegrad 4 Ladies Series Hungary
1st Chabany
2nd GP Alanya
2020
National Road Championships
1st Time Trial
2nd Road Race
1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
2022
1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
2nd Overall Princess Anna Vasa Tour
6th GP Mediterrennean

References
  1. "Salazar and Shekel to Astana". Astana. Cicloweb. 17 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 February 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. "Astana Women's Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  3. "Kim de Baat gaat voor politieploeg uit Dubai koersen" [Kim de Baat will race for the police team from Dubai]. WielerFlits (in Dutch). WielerFlits B.V. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020. Naast De Baat wordt de ploeg gevormd door Samah Khaled (Jordanië), Makkhabat Umutzhanova, Akpeiil Ossim (beiden uit Kazachstan), Olga Shekel (Oekraïne), Ebtissam Zayed (Egypte) en Megan Chard (Groot-Brittannië). [Besides De Baat, the team consists of Samah Khaled (Jordan), Makkhabat Umutzhanova, Akpeiil Ossim (both from Kazakhstan), Olga Shekel (Ukraine), Ebtissam Zayed (Egypt) and Megan Chard (Great Britain).]
  4. "Olga Shekel got silver medal at the EC in time trial race in Estonia". Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  5. "Українська велогонщиця Ольга Шекель виграла "срібло" чемпіонату Європи" [Ukrainian cycling racer Olga Shekel has won the silver of the European Championships]. rbc.ua. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  6. "Ольга Шекель стала вице-чемпионкой Европы в велогонке с раздельным стартом" [Olga Shekel became a vice-champion of Europe in time trial]. fakty.ua. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  7. "В Эстонии в ДТП пострадали члены сборной Украины по велоспорту" [In Estonia members of Ukrainian national cycling team has suffered in a car crash]. rbc.ua. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
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