Racquel Sheath

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Racquel Sheath
Personal information
Born (1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 28)
Morrinsville, New Zealand
Team information
Current teamRetired
Disciplines
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit

Racquel Sheath (born 27 November 1994) is a retired New Zealand track and road cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [1]

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Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. [2] There, she delivered the quartet of Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, 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. [3] [4]

Sheath retired from cycling in August 2020. [5] Following her retirement, she became a financial adviser with her family's insurance company, and opened a nail salon in Cambridge. [6]

Major results

2014
Oceania Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Georgia Williams)
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Omnium
BikeNZ Classic
3rd Points race
3rd Scratch
2015
6th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland
2016
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Criterium, National Road Championships
Oceania Track Championships
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Madison (with Michaela Drummond)
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Omnium
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Team sprint (with Emma Cumming)
3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Points race
2017
Oceania Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Omnium
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
2nd Omnium, National Track Championships
2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
6th White Spot / Delta Road Race
2018
1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Criterium, National Road Championships
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

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References

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  6. "Racquel Sheath". EssentialInsurances.co.nz. Essential Insurances Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2022.