Racquel Sheath (born 27 November 1994) is a retired New Zealand
track
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and road cyclist. She represented her nation at the
2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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.
Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in the
women's team pursuit at the
2016 Summer Olympics
The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...
in Rio de Janeiro. There, she delivered the quartet of
Lauren Ellis,
Jaime Nielsen
Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower.
Career
From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at the World Rowing U23 Champ ...
, 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.
Sheath retired from cycling in August 2020. Following her retirement, she became a
financial adviser with her family's insurance company, and opened a
nail salon
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in
Cambridge.
Major results
;2014
: Oceania Track Championships
::1st
Team pursuit (with
Lauren Ellis,
Jaime Nielsen
Jaime Nielsen (born 3 September 1985) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and a former representative rower.
Career
From 2003 to 2007, Nielsen competed with the national rowing team. She became world champion at the World Rowing U23 Champ ...
and
Georgia Williams
Georgia Williams (born 25 August 1993) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam .
Career
She took up cycling whilst attending Albany Junior High School, where testing at the school's sports ac ...
)
::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
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1994 births
Living people
New Zealand female cyclists
Olympic cyclists for New Zealand
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Financial advisors
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
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