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)