Rushlee Buchanan
{{Short description|New Zealand cyclist (born 1988)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2017}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=March 2017}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Rushlee Buchanan
| image = Rushlee Buchanan 2015.jpg
| caption = Buchanan at the 2015 La Course by Le Tour de France
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|1|20}}
| birth_place = Hamilton, New Zealand
| height = 1.70 m
| weight = 63 kg
| currentteam =
| disciplines = {{ubl|Track|Road}}
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 = 2010
| amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|Colavita|2010}}
| proyears1 = 2008–2009
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TIB|2008}}
| proyears2 = 2011
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Colavita|2011}}
| proyears3 = 2013
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TIB|2013}}
| proyears4 = 2014–2018
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|UHC2|2014}}
| majorwins =
| show-medals = no
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's track cycling}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2010 Ballerup|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Hong Kong|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Apeldoorn|Omnium}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Pruszków|Team pursuit}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2018 Gold Coast|Team pursuit}}
}}
Rushlee Buchanan (born 20 January 1988) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's madison, and Women's team pursuit.{{Cite web|title=Cycling Track - BUCHANAN Rushlee|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/rushlee-buchanan|access-date=2024-09-07|language=en-us}}
Career
She won bronze at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the Team Pursuit.
She competed in the scratch, points and road races at both the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the team pursuit.{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/rushlee-buchanan |title=Rushlee Buchanan |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee}}
She has won the women's New Zealand road race championships a record four times, in 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2017. She won the New Zealand time trial championships in 2016.{{cite web |url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/128972-Rushlee-Buchanan |title=Rushlee Buchanan |website=ProCyclingStats.com}}
Personal life
Buchanan is married to American cyclist Adrian Hegyvary.{{cite web|title=Buchanan keeps bouncing back for more on the track|url=https://www.newsroom.co.nz/@lockerroom/2019/02/27/464768?slug=buchanan-keeps-bouncing-back-for-more-on-the-track|date=28 February 2019|website=Newsroom.co.nz|first=David|last=Leggat}}
Major results
=Track=
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;2005
: 2nd 15px Points race, UCI Juniors World Championships
;2006
: 2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships
;2010
: 1st 15px Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali
: National Track Championships
::1st 20px Scratch
::1st 20px Team pursuit
::3rd Omnium
: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
;2011
: 1st 15px Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing
;2013
: Oceania Track Championships
::1st 20px Scratch
::1st 20px Team pursuit
: Madison Cup
::1st Points race
::3rd Keirin
: Challenge International sur piste
::1st Scratch
::3rd Individual pursuit
: Invercargill
::1st Points race
::3rd Scratch
: National Track Championships
::3rd Individual pursuit
::3rd Points race
;2016
: 2nd Points race, Festival of Speed
;2017
: Oceania Track Championships
::1st 20px Team pursuit
::2nd 15px Omnium
: National Track Championships
::1st 20px Points race
::1st 20px Team pursuit
::2nd Individual pursuit
::2nd Scratch
::3rd Omnium
: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
;2018
: 1st 20px Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
: 3rd 15px Omnium, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
;2019
: 3rd 15px Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
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=Road=
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;2006
: 1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships
;2007
: 1st Mount Maunganui
: 3rd Overall Tour de Delta
::1st Stage 2
;2009
: 1st 20px Criterium, National Road Championships
;2010
: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships
;2011
: National Road Championships
::2nd Criterium
::3rd Road race
;2014
: 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships
;2015
: 9th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
;2016
: National Road Championships
::1st 20px Time trial
;2017
: National Road Championships
::1st 20px Criterium
::3rd Time trial
;2018
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 5th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
: 5th Chrono Gatineau
: 8th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
: 10th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska
: 10th Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau
;2019
: 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{2010 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2012 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2014 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2016 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2020 New Zealand Olympic team}}
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Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:New Zealand female cyclists
Category:Olympic cyclists for New Zealand
Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand
Category:Cyclists from Waikato
Category:New Zealand track cyclists
Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Category:New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States