Olga Zabelinskaya

Olga Zabelinskaya
Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya (also transliterated Zabelinskaia; ; born 10 May 1980) is a Russian-born Uzbekistani professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team . 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. , 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
References
External links
Profile on RusVelo website
1980 births
Living people
Cyclists from Saint Petersburg
Olympic cyclists for Russia
Olympic cyclists for Uzbekistan
Russian female cyclists
Uzbekistani female cyclists
Doping cases in cycling
Russian sportspeople in doping cases
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in cycling
Olympic silver medalists for Russia
Olympic bronze medalists for Russia
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Herzen University alumni
Cyclists at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games gold medalists for Uzbekistan