Monika Schachl

{{short description|Austrian cyclist}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Monika Schachl

| image =

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| fullname = Monika Schachl

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|8|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Mondsee, Vöcklabruck, Austria

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = {{height|m=1.65|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road, mountain biking

| role = Rider, time-trialist, cross-country biker

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| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| proyears1 = 2004

| proteam1 = RC ELK Haus Tirol

| proyears2 = 2005

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|ELK|2005}}

| proyears3 = 2007

| proteam3 = Team Uniqa Graz

| proyears4 = 2008

| proteam4 = Uniqa

| proyears5 = 2009

| proteam5 = Uniqa – Elk

| majorwins =

• Austrian Championships (Road) (2008)
• Austrian Championships (ITT) (2008)

| medaltemplates =

| show-medals = yes

}}

Monika Schachl (born 21 August 1978 in Mondsee) is a retired Austrian professional road cyclist and mountain biker.{{cite sports-reference|title = Monika Schachl|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/monika-schachl-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054951/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/monika-schachl-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 11 October 2013}} She represented her nation Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later captured three Austrian championship titles each in mountain biking, road race, and time trial during the 2005 and 2008 seasons.{{cite news|title=Radsport: Monika Schachl Straßen-Staatsmeisterin|trans-title=Cycling: Monika Schachl is the road national champion|language=German|url=http://www.salzburg24.at/radsport-monika-schachl-strassen-staatsmeisterin/news-20080630-12084703|publisher=Salzburg24.at|date=30 June 2008|accessdate=11 October 2013}} Before her official retirement in 2009, Schachl rode for Team Uniqa Graz in the women's elite professional events on the UCI Women's World Cup, UCI World Championships, and Austrian Championships.{{cite news|title=Monika Schachl holte Gold|trans-title=Monika Schachl won gold|language=German|url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/deutschlandsberg/freiland_bei_deutschlandsberg/2081870/monika-schachl-holte-gold.story|publisher=Kleine Zeitung|date=14 June 2009|accessdate=11 October 2013}}

Schachl qualified for the Austrian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the UCI World Cup.{{cite news|title=Gold - Schachl bleibt damit auf Olympia-Kurs|trans-title=Gold – Schachl thus remains on Olympic course|language=German|url=http://www.kleinezeitung.at/steiermark/murtal/judenburg/1358945/index.do|publisher=Kleine Zeitung|date=29 June 2008|accessdate=11 October 2013}}{{cite news|title=Olympia: 72 österreichische Athleten für Peking|trans-title=Olympics: 72 Austrian athletes for Beijing|language=German|url=http://diepresse.com/home/sport/olympia/399946/Olympia_72-oesterreichische-Athleten-fuer-Peking|publisher=Die Presse|date=29 June 2008|accessdate=11 October 2013}} She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-sixth-place effort in 3:36:37, trailing behind Belgium's Lieselot Decroix and Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by a scanty, two-second gap.{{cite web|title=Women's Road Race|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CRW012100/index.html|work=Beijing 2008|publisher=NBC Olympics|accessdate=21 December 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html|archivedate=19 August 2012}}{{cite news|title=Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/news/road/cooke-weathers-storm-to-take-olympic-gold_81537|publisher=Velo News|date=10 August 2008|accessdate=10 October 2013}}