Racquel Sheath

Racquel Sheath

Personal information
Born	(1994-11-27) 27 November 1994 (age 30) Morrinsville, New Zealand
Team information
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing   New Zealand World Championships 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit Commonwealth Games 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]

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 Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Georgia Williams)

2nd Omnium

BikeNZ Classic

3rd Points race

3rd Scratch

2015

6th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland

2016

1st Criterium, National Road Championships

Oceania Track Championships

2nd Madison (with Michaela Drummond)

2nd Omnium

2nd Team sprint (with Emma Cumming)

3rd Points race

2017

Oceania Track Championships

1st Omnium

1st Team pursuit

2nd Omnium, National Track Championships

2nd Criterium, National Road Championships

3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships

6th White Spot / Delta Road Race

2018

1st Criterium, National Road Championships

2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

References

1. "Racquel Sheath". procyclingstats.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
2. "New Zealand finalise 19-rider Rio Olympic squad". Cyclingnews.com. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
3. "Rio Olympics 2016: Women's pursuit team to ride for bronze". The New Zealand Herald. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
4. "Rio Olympics 2016: Women's team pursuiters miss out on bronze". Stuff.co.nz. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
5. "Cycling New Zealand loses another track star". RNZ . 13 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
6. "Racquel Sheath". EssentialInsurances.co.nz. Essential Insurances Ltd. Retrieved 10 July 2022.

External links

• Racquel Sheath at UCI
• Racquel Sheath at Cycling Archives ( archive )
• Racquel Sheath at ProCyclingStats
• Racquel Sheath at Olympedia
• Racquel Sheath at Olympics.com
• Racquel Sheath at the New Zealand Olympic Committee