Rebecca Wiasak
Rebecca Wiasak (born 24 May 1984) is an Australian track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships where she became a world champion in individual pursuit.[1][2] In January 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural line-up for the High5 Dream Team.[3] In 2017, Wiasak raced domestically for ACTAS on the track, for High5 Dream Team in Australia and in the United States of America for Fearless Femme Racing on the road.[4]
Personal information | |
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Born | Geelong, Australia | 24 May 1984
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Fearless Femme Racing |
Discipline | Track cycling, Road racing |
Amateur teams | |
2015–2017 | High5 Dream Team |
2017– | Fearless Femme Racing |
Professional team | |
2014 | Wiggle–Honda |
In 2009 Wiasak represented Australia in Lithuanian World Games competing in women's basketball.[5] After missing out of selection to compete at a major international Games at the Glasgow 2014 and Rio 2016, Wiasak was selected for her first Commonwealth Games.[6] At the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, she set a new Australian record beating her previous national record set at the Paris 2015 track world championships, and Wiasak was one of four riders to beat the previous Commonwealth Games individual pursuit record Joanna Rowsell set in 2014.[7][8]
Major results
- 2014
- BikeNZ Classic
- 1st Points Race
- 2nd Omnium
- Oceania Track Championships
- 2nd Individual Pursuit
- 2nd Team Pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Lauren Perry and Elissa Wundersitz)
- 3rd Scratch Race
- 2nd Scatch Race, BikeNZ Cup
- 2015
- 1st
Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships - 1st Individual Pursuit, South Australian Grand Prix
- 2017
- 1st
Individual pursuit, National Track Championships - 2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 4th Individual Time Trial, Australian National Time Trial Championships
- 2018
- 1st
Australian National Criterium Championships - 2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 3rd Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships
- 2019
- 1st
Australian National Criterium Championships - 5th Overall Lexus of Blackburn Bay Cycling Classic
References
- "Rebecca Wiasak". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- Australian-Lithuanian cycling debutant Wiasak crowned a World Champion
- "New Australian women's cycling team High5 Dream Team launched". theguardian.com. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- "News". Fearless Femme Racing. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- Žvaigždės venomis teka lietuviškas kraujas
- "#GC2018 WIASAK WOWS ON DEBUT; NETTIE GRABS BRONZE". Cycling Australia. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- "Track Records, Female". Cycling Australia. Internet Archive. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
- "Results - Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit Qualifying". GC2018. Retrieved 9 April 2018.