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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | January 8, 1994 Eglin Air Force Base, Florida [1] |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) [1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 |
| Discipline | Mountain biking, road, gravel racing [2] |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder [1] |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012-2014 | BMC MTB Development [1] |
| 2015-2016 | Liv Co-Factory MTB [1] |
| Professional team | |
| 2017- | Sho-Air TWENTY20 [3] [2] |
Shayna Powless (born January 8, 1994) is an American professional racing cyclist. [4] She is of Oneida heritage through her father [5] and is a citizen of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. [6] She grew up in Sacramento, California [1] and played a variety of sports whilst growing up, but initially gravitated towards mountain bike racing during her high school years. [2] In 2013 Powless was crowned Under-23 US national mountain bike champion in her first season in that age category. [7] She took up road bicycle racing when she joined the cycling team at the University of California, Los Angeles. [2] [7] She signed to ride for the UCI Women's Team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24 for the 2019 women's road cycling season. [8] She is the daughter of Olympic marathon runner Jen Allred [9] and the sister of fellow racing cyclist Neilson Powless. [10] She has been in a relationship with Canadian American football player Eli Ankou since 2013, after the couple met at UCLA: [5] as of 2021 the couple were engaged. [11]
