# Olga Zabelinskaya

Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya (also transliterated Zabelinskaia; Ольга Серге́евна Забелинская; born 10 May 1980) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Roland Cycling. While competing for Russia, she won three Olympic medals, before changing allegiances to Uzbekistan in 2018.

## Career

Born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Zabelinskaya twice became the junior world champion in 1997, in road and track individual races. She missed the 2004 Olympics because she was having a baby. In 2006, Zabelinskaya quit competitive cycling, but returned in 2009.
She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she won bronze medals in both the road race and the time trial. Subsequently, she won a silver medal in the time trial at the 2016 Olympics. She is the first Russian female cyclist to win two Olympic medals in road events.

## Doping

In July 2014 it was reported that Zabelinskaya had tested positive for octopamine at an international race in the spring. In February 2016, she accepted an 18-month ban, which she already served and which expired in September 2015.

## Personal life

Zabelinskaya is the daughter of the Olympic champion former cyclist Sergei Sukhoruchenkov. She was separated from her father and they first met when Zabelinskaya was 16. She has three children. As of August 2012, she spends winters in Cyprus, where she trains, and summers in Saint Petersburg.

## Major results
### 1997

    1st Time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    1st Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships

### 1998

    UCI Junior Road World Championships
       2nd Road race
       2nd Time trial
    2nd Points race, UCI Junior Track World Championships

### 2001

    3rd Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    3rd Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
    7th Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
    7th Overall Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin
    9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile

### 2002

    1st Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships

### 2003

    3rd Overall Holland Ladies Tour
    4th Overall Novilon Internationale Damesronde van Drenthe
    5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
    9th Overall Grande Boucle Féminine Internationale
       1st Stage 1 & 9

### 2006

    1st Stage 7b Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin

### 2010

    1st Overall International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
    National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       5th Road race
    3rd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
    3rd Overall Route de France Féminine
    4th Memorial Davide Fardelli
    9th Overall Giro d'Italia Femminile
    9th GP de Plouay
    10th Trofeo Alfredo Binda

### 2011

    National Road Championships
       2nd Time trial
       10th Road race
    3rd Chrono des Nations
    4th Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
    5th Memorial Davide Fardelli
    6th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
    8th Trofeo Costa Etrusca
    9th Overall Energiewacht Tour
    9th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
    10th Trofeo Vannucci Alberto

### 2012

    National Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       8th Road race
    2nd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
    2nd Celtic Chrono
    Olympic Games
       3rd Road Race
       3rd Time Trial
    3rd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
    5th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    8th National Road Race Championships
    9th Overall Tour de Free State

### 2013

    UCI Road World Championships
       4th Team time trial
       7th Time trial
    4th Chrono des Nations
    5th Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen

### 2014

    1st Overall Vuelta Femenina a Costa Rica
       1st Stage 2 (ITT)

### 2016

    2nd Time Trial, Olympic Games
    2nd Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
    2nd Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana
    2nd Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
    3rd Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
    4th Overall Gracia–Orlová
    UCI Road World Championships
       4th Team time trial
       4th Time trial
    5th Time trial, National Road Championships
    7th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
       1st Stage 2
    7th Crescent Vårgårda TTT

### 2017

    1st Points race, National Track Championships
    UEC European Road Championships
       3rd Road race
       8th Time trial
    4th Chrono des Nations
    6th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
    8th Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes

### 2018

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Overall The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup "Women's Tour of Thailand"
       1st Stage 1a (TTT)
    1st Overall Tour of Eftalia Hotels & Velo Alanya
       1st Prologue & Stage 1
    1st Ljubljana–Domžale–Ljubljana TT
    1st Chrono des Nations
    2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová
       1st Stage 3 (ITT)
    2nd Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
    3rd Omnium, Six Days of Bremen
    7th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
    10th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria

### 2019

    Asian Track Championships
       1st Points race
       2nd Individual pursuit
       3rd Madison
       3rd Omnium
    Asian Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    National Road Championships
       1st Road Race
       1st Time Trial
    1st Aphrodite Sanctuary Cycling Race
    1st Aphrodite Cycling Race Individual Time Trial
    2nd Chrono Kristin Armstrong
    2nd Ljubljana-Domžale-Ljubljana
    4th Grand Prix Justiniano Hotels
    4th Grand Prix Alanya
    4th Grand Prix Gazipasa
    7th Chrono Champenois-Trophée Européen
    10th Grand Prix Velo Alanya

### 2021

    1st Grand Prix Kayseri
    1st Germenica Grand Prix Road Race
    2nd Grand Prix Gündoğmuş
    8th Kahramanmaraş Grand Prix Road Race
    9th Road race, Olympic Games
    10th Grand Prix Velo Alanya

### 2022

    Islamic Solidarity Games
    1st Road race
    1st Time trial

### 2023

    1st The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain Ladies
    Asian Road Championships
       1st Time trial
       2nd Mixed relay
       7th Road race
    2nd Tour of Bostonliq I Ladies
    2nd Tour of Bostonliq II Ladies
    2nd Aphrodite Cycling Race Individual Time Trial
    4th Aphrodite Cycling Race - Women for future
    4th The Tour Oqtosh - Chorvoq - Mountain Ladies II
    5th Umag Trophy LADIES
    8th Poreč Trophy LADIES
    8th Aphrodite Cycling Race - RR