Racquel Sheath

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]

Racquel Sheath
Personal information
Born (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994
Morrinsville, New Zealand
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Hong KongTeam pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastTeam pursuit

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
2014
Oceania Track Championships
1st Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Georgia Williams)
2nd Omnium
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
2017
Oceania Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
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
  1. "Racquel Sheath". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  2. "New Zealand finalise 19-rider Rio Olympic squad". Cyclingnews.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. "Rio Olympics 2016: Women's pursuit team to ride for bronze". The New Zealand Herald. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  4. "Rio Olympics 2016: Women's team pursuiters miss out on bronze". Stuff.co.nz. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  5. "Cycling New Zealand loses another track star". RNZ. 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. "Racquel Sheath". EssentialInsurances.co.nz. Essential Insurances Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2022.


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