Quick Facts
Biography
Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya (also transliterated Zabelinskaia; Russian: Ольга Серге́евна Забелинская; born 10 May 1980 in Leningrad) is a Russian professional racing cyclist. 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.
In 1997, she twice became the junior world champion, 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.
Doping positive
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 two children.
As of August 2012, she spends winters in Cyprus, where she trains, and summers in Saint Petersburg.
Palmares
- 1997
- 1st World Junior Time Trial Championship
- 1998
- 2nd World Junior Points Race Championship
- 2nd World Junior Road Race Championship
- 2nd World Junior Time Trial Championship
- 2010
- 1st
Overall International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen - 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
Overall International Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen- 2011
- 3rd Chrono des Nations
- 4th Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
- 5th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 6th Open de Suède Vargarda TTT
- 8th Trofeo Costa Etrusca Iii
- 9th Overall Energiewacht Tour
- 9th Overall Iurreta-Emakumeen Bira
- 2012
- 1st
National Time Trial Championships - 2nd Overall Giro del Trentino Alto Adige – Südtirol
- 2nd Celtic Chrono
- 3rd
Olympic Road Race Championship - 3rd Olympic Time Trial Championship
- 3rd Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
- 5th World Team Time Trial Championships
- 8th National Road Race Championships
- 9th Overall Tour de Free State
National Time Trial Championships
Olympic Road Race Championship- 2016
- 2nd
Olympic Time Trial Championship
Olympic Time Trial Championship- 2017
- 1st National Track (Points race)