Omer Shapira ( he, עומר שפירא; born 9 September 1994) is an Israeli

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is an eight-time national road champion; winning the Israeli National Time Trial Championships in 2020 and 2022, and the Israeli National Road Race Championships for six consecutive years between 2017 and 2022.

Career

Shapira rode in the women's time trial event at the

2018 UCI Road World Championships The 2018 UCI Road World Championships were held in Innsbruck, Austria. It was the 91st UCI Road World Championships and the third to be held in Austria. The World Championships consisted of a total of twelve competitions, one road race, one te ...

Canyon–SRAM (2019–21)

For the 2019 season, Shapira joined the team. In March, she came in second at the Scorpions' Pass Time Trial and third at the Aphrodite Cycling Race Individual Time Trial, and in August, she came in third overall at the Colorado Classic. In September, Shapira finished 13th of 53 cyclists in the

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at the

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in Great Britain. In doing so, she guaranteed Israel a place at the women's time trial contest in the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. Ultimately delayed to 2021 due to the

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, Shapira represented Israel in both the time trial and the road race. In the road race, Shapira was in a pack at the front for most of the race only to be overhauled by the chasing pack in the final moments; she finished in 24th place. In the time trial, Shapira finished in 15th place.

EF Education–Tibco–SVB

After three seasons with , Shapira moved to the team for the 2022 season. In her first season with the team, she won both Israeli national road championship titles – her second in the

, and her sixth consecutive title in the road race.

Personal life

Shapira grew up in

moshav A moshav ( he, מוֹשָׁב, plural ', lit. ''settlement, village'') is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists between 1904 an ...

Ein HaBesor Ein HaBesor ( he, עֵין הַבְּשׂוֹר, , Spring of the Besor) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the Hevel Eshkol area of the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip and around a kilometre from Magen, it ...

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. She is in a relationship with Israeli cyclist Guy Sagiv. They reside in

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in ...

Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ...

Major results

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Source: ;2014 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships ;2016 : National Road Championships ::3rd

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 ...

::3rd Road race : 4th Massada–Arad : 4th Arad–Dimona–Arad : 4th

Dead Sea–Scorpion Pass Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

;2017 : 1st MaillotIsrael

Road race, National Road Championships : 8th

Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol was a women's cycle race Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike rac ...

;2018 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIsrael

Road race ::2nd

: 7th Overall

Gracia–Orlová Gracia–Orlová is a women's staged cycle race which takes place in the Moravian-Silesian Region of the Czech Republic and in the Silesian Voivodeship of Poland. It was created in 1987. Since 2004, it starts in Dětmarovice. A mountain stag ...

: 10th Overall

Tour of Eftalia Hotels & Velo Alanya The Grand Prix Velo Alanya is an annual professional road bicycle racing for women in Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located main ...

;2019 : 1st MaillotIsrael

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

Giro Rosa The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's roa ...

: 2nd Scorpions' Pass Time Trial : 3rd Overall Colorado Classic : 3rd Aphrodite Cycling Race Individual Time Trial : 4th Tour of Arava : 5th Aphrodite's Sanctuary Cycling Race : 8th Overall

Tour of California The Tour of California (officially sponsored as the Amgen Tour of California) was an annual professional road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race on the UCI World Tour and USA Cycling Professional Tour that ran from 2006 to 2019. It was the ...

: 9th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini ;2020 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIsrael

Road race ::1st MaillotIsrael

: 1st

Cross-country marathon, National Mountain Bike Championships ;2021 : 1st MaillotIsrael

Road race, National Road Championships : 10th Overall

Setmana Ciclista Valenciana The Setmana Ciclista Valenciana is an annual professional road bicycle race Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in ...

: 10th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini ;2022 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotIsrael

Road race ::1st MaillotIsrael

References

External links

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Omer Shapira
at FirstCycling.com * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shapira, Omer 1994 births Living people Israeli female cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) European Games competitors for Israel Cyclists at the 2019 European Games Olympic cyclists for Israel Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics