Personal information | |
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Born | Hamilton, New Zealand | 20 January 1988
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
Team information | |
Disciplines |
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Role | Rider |
Amateur team | |
2010 | Colavita/Baci |
Professional teams | |
2008–2009 | Team Tibco |
2011 | Colavita–Forno d'Asolo |
2013 | Team TIBCO–To The Top |
2014–2018 | UnitedHealthcare |
Medal record |
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. [1]
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. [2]
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. [3]
Buchanan is married to American cyclist Adrian Hegyvary. [4]
Source: [5]
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