Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya (also
transliterated
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Zabelinskaia; russian: Ольга Серге́евна Забелинская; born 10 May 1980) is a
Russia
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n-born
Uzbekistan
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i professional
racing cyclist
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, who currently rides for
UCI Women's Continental Team . While competing for Russia, she won three Olympic medals, before changing allegiances to Uzbekistan in 2018.
Career
Born in Leningrad (now
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
), 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.
She qualified for the
2012 Summer Olympics
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in
London
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, where she won bronze medals in both the
road race and the
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.
Subsequently, she won a silver medal in the
time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
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
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at an international race in the spring. In February 2016, she accepted an 18-month ban, which she already served and which expired in September 2015.
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.
She has three children.
, she spends winters in
Cyprus
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, where she trains, and summers in Saint Petersburg.
Major results
![Olga Zabelinskaya London Olympic Road Race - July 2012](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/81/Olga_Zabelinskaya_London_Olympic_Road_Race_-_July_2012.jpg)
;1997
: 1st
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
Time trial,
UCI Junior Road World Championships
: 1st
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
Points race,
UCI Junior Track World Championships
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;1998
:
UCI Junior Road World Championships
::2nd Road race
::2nd Time trial
: 2nd Points race,
UCI Junior Track World Championships
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;2001
: 3rd Time trial,
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
;2002
: 1st
![UEC Champion Jersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/UEC_Champion_Jersey.svg)
Time trial,
UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
;2003
: 5th Time trial,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
;2006
: 1st Stage 7b
Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
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;2010
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
: National Road Championships
::2nd Time trial
::5th Road race
: 3rd
Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
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: 3rd Overall
Route de France Féminine
: 4th
Memorial Davide Fardelli
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: 9th Overall
Giro d'Italia Femminile
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: 9th
GP de Plouay
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: 10th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda
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Sinc ...
;2011
: National Road Championships
::2nd Time trial
::10th Road race
: 3rd
Chrono des Nations
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: 4th
Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
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: 5th
Memorial Davide Fardelli
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: 6th
Open de Suède Vargarda
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TTT
: 8th
Trofeo Costa Etrusca
: 9th Overall
Energiewacht Tour
: 9th Overall
Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
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: 10th Trofeo Vannucci Alberto
;2012
: National Road Championships
::1st
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
::8th Road race
: 2nd Overall
Giro del Trentino Alto Adige – Südtirol
: 2nd
Celtic Chrono
: 2nd Celtic Chrono–Belfast
:
Olympic Games
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::3rd
![Bronze medal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Bronze_medal.svg)
Road Race
::3rd
![Bronze medal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Bronze_medal.svg)
Time Trial
: 3rd
Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
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: 5th
Team time trial
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The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
: 8th National Road Race Championships
: 9th Overall
Tour de Free State
;2013
:
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
::4th
Team time trial
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The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
::7th
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 4th
Chrono des Nations
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: 5th
Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
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;2014
: 1st Overall
Vuelta Femenina a Costa Rica
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* Vuelta a Andalucía
* Vuelta a Aragón, Spain
* Vuelta a Asturias, Spain
* V ...
::1st Stage 2 (ITT)
: 1st
Grand Prix GSB
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Past winners
References
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Women's road bicycle races ...
: 2nd
Grand Prix El Salvador
: 3rd Overall
Vuelta a El Salvador
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::1st Stage 1 (ITT)
: 4th
Grand Prix de Oriente
: 7th
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio is a women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the ''comune'' (municipality) of Cittiglio and nearby comunes located within the Province of Varese in the Italian region Lombardy.
Sin ...
: 8th Overall
Tour of Zhoushan Island
Tour of Zhoushan Island is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in China and is currently rated by the UCI as 2.2.
Winners
References
Cycle races in China
Women's road bicycle races
Spring (season) events in China
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::1st Stage 2
;2016
: 2nd Time Trial,
Olympic Games
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: 2nd Overall
Tour of Zhoushan Island
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Winners
References
Cycle races in China
Women's road bicycle races
Spring (season) events in China
{{ ...
: 2nd
Ljubljana–Domzale–Ljubljana
: 2nd
Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
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: 3rd Time trial,
UEC European Road Championships
: 4th Overall
Gracia - Orlova
:
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
::4th
Team time trial
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The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...
::4th
Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
: 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
: 7th Overall
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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::1st Stage 2
: 7th
Crescent Vargarda TTT
;2017
: 1st
![MaillotRusia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/MaillotRusia.PNG)
Points race, National Track Championships
:
UEC European Road Championships
::3rd Road race
::8th Time trial
: 4th
Chrono des Nations
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: 6th Overall
Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
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: 8th Team time trial,
UCI Road World Championships
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Events
...
: 8th
Liège-Bastogne-Liège Femmes
;2018
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup "Women's Tour of Thailand"
::1st Stage 1a (TTT)
: 1st
![Jersey rosa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/Jersey_rosa.svg)
Overall
Tour of Eftalia Hotels & Velo Alanya
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::1st Prologue & Stage 1
: 1st
Ljubljana-Domzale-Ljubljana TT
: 1st
Chrono des Nations
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: 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
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: 3rd Omnium, Six Days of Bremen
: 7th Overall
Emakumeen Euskal Bira
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;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
![MaillotUzbekistán](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/MaillotUzbekist%C3%A1n.PNG)
Road Race
::1st
![MaillotUzbekistán](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/MaillotUzbekist%C3%A1n.PNG)
Time Trial
:1st
Aphrodite Sanctuary Cycling Race
:1st
Aphrodite Cycling Race Individual Time Trial
:4th
Grand Prix Justiniano Hotels
:4th
Grand Prix Alanya
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:4th
Grand Prix Gazipasa
:10th
Grand Prix Velo Alanya
References
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Zabelinskaya, Olga
1980 births
Living people
Cyclists from Saint Petersburg
Olympic cyclists of Russia
Olympic cyclists of Uzbekistan
Russian female cyclists
Uzbekistani female cyclists
Doping cases in cycling
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in cycling
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Herzen University alumni