Olivia Ray (born 4 July 1998) is a New Zealand racing cyclist who raced professionally for in 2021.

Career

In 2022 Ray won the National road race championships in a reduced bunch sprint of six.

Olivia Ray

In 2021 Olivia won $15,000 in a criterium where she beat the current US criterium champion by 1 second to the line. By December she had not received her prize money.

Olivia Ray

She was removed from the roster without explanation in March 2022. According to USADA there is a current investigation into Ray. In July 2022, Ray confessed in an interview to having used the banned substance Clenbuterol at least twice out of competition, claiming that it was under pressure from her then boyfriend. At that point, she was uncertain what penalty USADA would give her, but said she would retire if she received a ban longer than one year.

Olivia Ray

Major results

2021

1st Criterium, National Road Championships

1st Gravel and Tar La Femme

2022

1st Road race, National Road Championships

References

External links

1998 births

Living people

New Zealand female cyclists

Cyclists from Auckland

21st-century New Zealand women