Oksana Mykhailivna Kashchyshyna (Ukrainian: Оксана Михайлівна Кащишина; born 15 February 1978 in Dnipropetrovsk) is a retired Ukrainian professional road cyclist.[1] She represented her nation Ukraine at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later joined with Italy's SC Michela Fanini (Record Rox) pro cycling team for the 2011 season under an annual contract.[2]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oksana Mykhailivna Kashchyshyna |
| Born | 15 February 1978 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| Ukraïna Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Professional team | |
| 2011 | S.C. Michela Fanini Rox |
Kashchyshyna qualified for the Ukrainian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's three berths from the UCI World Cup, along with her fellow riders Tetyana Styazhkina and Yevheniya Vysotska. She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-second-place finish through a vast field of sixty-six cyclists in 3:34:13, trailing behind Germany's Judith Arndt by a 22-second gap.[3][4]
Career highlights edit
- 2007
- 2nd Ukrainian Championships (Road)
- 2008
- 2nd Ukrainian Championships (Road)
- 42nd Olympic Games, Beijing (CHN)
- 2009
- 2nd Stage 1, Tour de Bretagne Féminin, France
References edit
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Oksana Kashchyshyna". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "SC Michela Fanini Record Rox – In Spagna bene Malgorzata Jasinska" [SC Michela Fanini Record Rox – Malgorzata Jasinska is satisfied in Spain] (in Italian). Newsciclismo.com. 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
- ^ "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
External links edit
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
- Oksana Kashchyshyna at Cycling Archives
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