Anna Shackley (born 17 May 2001) is a British road and

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

from Scotland, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . At the

2020 British National Track Championships The 2020 British National Track Championships are a series of track cycling competitions. The National Track Championships (excluding certain events) were held from 24 to 26 January 2020 at the Manchester Velodrome. They are organised and sanction ...

, Shackley won the national titles in the

points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium even ...

and the

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

events. 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. She competed at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

where she finished 10th in the women's road time trial event and 21st in the women's road race. In 2023 Shackley competed in the inaugural Tour de l'Avenir Femmes, where she placed 2nd in the overall General Classification.

Major results

;2019 : 3rd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge ;2021 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Overall

Rás na mBan Rás na mBan is an international stage cycle road race for women in Ireland. It was first run in 2006 and has run annually since. The event began as a two-day race based in Dublin and became a three-day event in 2008 when it moved to a new base ...

::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships ; 2022 : 5th

, National Road Championships : 7th Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta : 10th Overall

Tour de Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. I ...

;2023 : 2nd Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir ( en, Tour of the Future) is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents ...

: 2nd

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 4th Overall

UAE Tour The UAE Tour ( ar, جولة الإمارات) is a road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates. It was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. Hi ...

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships

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* * * * * * * * 2001 births Living people British female cyclists British track cyclists Scottish female cyclists Scottish track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games People from Milngavie 21st-century British women {{Scotland-cycling-bio-stub