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| Born | September 19, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | B | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Carla Shibley (born September 19, 1990) is a Canadian para-cyclist. She won four medals at the 2019 Parapan American Games and was named one of Canada's flag bearers for the Closing Ceremony.
Shibley was diagnosed with Stargardt disease at age 10, leading to her vision loss. [1]
Shibley originally got into adaptive sport through running and goalball. She began para-cycling in 2015. [1]
Shibley competed in para-cycling at the 2019 Parapan American Games with pilot Meghan Lemiski. They won gold medals in the women's tandem road race and women's tandem individual pursuit, a silver in the women's 1,000-metre tandem time trial, and a bronze medal in the mixed tandem time trial. She was named a Closing Ceremony flag bearer for Canada at the Games. [2]
Shibley and Lemiski won the 2021 Canada Paracycling National Championship in women's tandem. [3] They came second in the women's tandem time trial. [4] In 2023, Shibley and pilot Meghan Brown, placed tenth in the para road cycling world championships. [5] She won bronze, with Brown, in the women's tandem at the 2024 Para Cycling World Cup in Adelaide. [6]
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