Anna Shackley Explained
Anna Shackley |
Fullname: | Anna Shackley |
Birth Date: | 17 May 2001[1] |
Birth Place: | Milngavie, Scotland |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Endurance (track), climber (road) |
Amateuryears1: | 2011–2017 |
Amateurteam1: | Glasgow |
Amateuryears2: | 2018–2019 |
Amateurteam2: | Team 22 |
Amateuryears3: | 2020 |
Amateurteam3: | Team Breeze |
Proyears1: | 2021– |
Show-Medals: | no |
Anna Shackley (born 17 May 2001) is a retired road and track cyclist from Scotland,[2] who rode for UCI Women's WorldTeam .[3] [4] At the 2020 British National Track Championships, Shackley won the national titles in the points race and the team pursuit events.[5]
Shackley was chosen to be part of the UK's cycling squad at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she would contest the time trial and the road race.[6] She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she finished 10th in the women's road time trial event and 21st in the women's road race.[7]
In 2023 Shackley competed in the inaugural Tour de l'Avenir Femmes, where she placed 2nd in the overall General Classification.[8]
Shackley announced her retirement in April 2024 because of her heart condition, cardiac arrhythmia.[9]
Major results
- 2019
3rd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
- 2021
1st Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
1st Overall Rás na mBan
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 4
5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2022
5th Time trial, National Road Championships
7th Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2023
2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
2nd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
3rd Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
4th Overall UAE Tour 5th Road race, National Road ChampionshipsNotes and References
- Web site: profile . World Cycling Stats.
- Web site: track profile and results . British Cycling.
- Web site: Team SD Worx . UCI.org . . 13 January 2021 . https://archive.today/20210113004021/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15273/1001654/281 . 13 January 2021.
- News: Anna Shackley signs for SD Worx for 2021 . . . 24 June 2020 . 13 August 2020.
- Web site: Results . British Cycling.
- Web site: Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo . 2021-06-21 . Sky Sports . en.
- Web site: Anna Shackley . Team Scotland . 3 November 2022.
- Web site: Accueil . 2023-09-01 . Tour de l'Avenir Femmes . fr-FR.
- Web site: Promising Scottish rider Anna Shackley forced to retire from cycling at 22. Cycling Weekly. 16 April 2024.