Olga Shekel
{{short description|Ukrainian cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Olga Shekel
| image = Olga Shekel - 2018 UEC European Road Cycling Championships (Women's road race).jpg
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| caption = Shekel at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships.
| fullname = {{ubl|Olga Shekel|{{langx|uk|Ольга Шекель}}}}
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|5|28}}
| birth_place = Ukraine
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| currentteam = {{UCI team code|ASA2}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Time-trialist
| amateuryears1 =
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| proyears1 = 2013
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|FCL|2013}}
| proyears2 = 2016
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|BPD|2016}}
| proyears3 = 2018
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|MIC|2018}}
| proyears4 = 2019–2020
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry| {{UKR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Tartu|Time trial}}
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}}
Olga Shekel ({{langx|uk|Ольга Шекель}}; born 28 May 1994) is a Ukrainian road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team {{UCI team code|ASA2}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14204/1002008/258|title=Astana Women's Team|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=11 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611214532/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14204/1002008/258|archive-date=11 June 2020}}
For the 2021 season, Shekel will join the Dubai Police team for its first season at UCI level.{{cite news|url=https://www.wielerflits.be/nieuws/kim-de-baat-gaat-voor-politieploeg-uit-dubai-koersen/|title=Kim de Baat gaat voor politieploeg uit Dubai koersen|language=nl|trans-title=Kim de Baat will race for the police team from Dubai|work=WielerFlits|publisher=WielerFlits B.V.|date=10 December 2020|access-date=10 December 2020|quote=Naast De Baat wordt de ploeg gevormd door Samah Khaled (Jordanië), Makkhabat Umutzhanova, Akpeiil Ossim (beiden uit Kazachstan), Olga Shekel (Oekraïne), Ebtissam Zayed (Egypte) en Megan Chard (Groot-Brittannië). [Besides De Baat, the team consists of Samah Khaled (Jordan), Makkhabat Umutzhanova, Akpeiil Ossim (both from Kazakhstan), Olga Shekel (Ukraine), Ebtissam Zayed (Egypt) and Megan Chard (Great Britain).]}}
Career
She was a silver medalist in the under-23 time trial at the 2015 European Road Championships.{{cite news|title=Olga Shekel got silver medal at the EC in time trial race in Estonia|url=http://www.velosport.org.ua/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=200:2015-08-06-14-11-04&catid=9:news&Itemid=19|access-date=12 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=Українська велогонщиця Ольга Шекель виграла "срібло" чемпіонату Європи|trans-title=Ukrainian cycling racer Olga Shekel has won the silver of the European Championships|url=https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/ukrainskaya-velogonshchitsa-olga-shekel-vyigrala-1438946969.html|publisher=rbc.ua|access-date=12 August 2015}}{{cite news|title=Ольга Шекель стала вице-чемпионкой Европы в велогонке с раздельным стартом|trans-title=Olga Shekel became a vice-champion of Europe in time trial|url=http://fakty.ua/204136-olga-shekel-stala-vice-chempionkoj-evropy-v-velogonke-s-razdelnym-startom|publisher=fakty.ua|access-date=12 August 2015}} A few days before the start, she was injured in a car crash. "I have suffered from pain all night, was nervous, but it is the most important that I am healthy. God has rewarded me for assiduity and sufferings. I am happy," – said she in an interview.{{cite news|title=В Эстонии в ДТП пострадали члены сборной Украины по велоспорту|trans-title=In Estonia members of Ukrainian national cycling team has suffered in a car crash|url=https://www.rbc.ua/rus/news/estonii-dtp-popali-chleny-sbornoy-ukrainy-1438762993.html|publisher=rbc.ua|access-date=12 August 2015}}
Major results
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;2012
:8th Time Trial, National Road Championships
;2013
:National Road Championships
::10th Time Trial
::10th Road Race
;2015
:2nd U23 Time Trial, European Road Championships
:National Road Championships
::4th Time Trial
::4th Road Race
;2017
:2nd VR Women ITT
:National Road Championships
::3rd Road Race
::7th Time Trial
:9th Time Trial, European Road Championships
;2018
:National Road Championships
::3rd Time Trial
:2nd Horizon Park Women Challenge
:3rd VR Women ITT
:5th Overall Tour of Eftalia Hotels and Velo Alanya
:8th Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini
;2019
:National Road Championships
::3rd Time Trial
:1st Visegrad 4 Ladies Series Hungary
:1st Chabany
:2nd GP Alanya
;2020
:National Road Championships
::1st 20px Time Trial
::2nd Road Race
:1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
;2022
:1st Grand Prix Gazipaşa
: 2nd Overall Princess Anna Vasa Tour
:6th GP Mediterrennean
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References
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External links
- {{Procyclingstats}}
{{Astana Women's riders}}
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Category:Ukrainian female cyclists
Category:21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
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