Anna Shackley (born 17 May 2001) is a British former 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 competed professionally between 2021 and 2024 for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She won medals at the under-23 road race of both the

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and the

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in 2023, before she was forced to retire due to

cardiac arrhythmia Arrhythmias, also known as cardiac arrhythmias, are irregularities in the heartbeat, including when it is too fast or too slow. Essentially, this is anything but normal sinus rhythm. A resting heart rate that is too fast – above 100 beat ...

. Since her retirement, Shackley has worked as a

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for UCI Women's Continental Teams and

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Career

At the 2020 British National Track Championships, 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 from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...

and the

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events. She was signed by UCI Women's WorldTeam for the 2021 season. Shackley was chosen to be part of Great Britain'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, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

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 final general classification. She also won medals at the under-23 road race of both the

(silver) and the

(bronze) during the season. Shackley announced her retirement in April 2024 because of her heart condition,

Major results

Source: ;2019 : 3rd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge ;2020 :

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::1st

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 ...

::1st

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 from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...

;2021 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Under-23 time trial ::5th Road race : 1st Overall

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::1st Mountains classification ::1st Stage 4 ;2022 : 5th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships : 5th

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

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: 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. It ...

;2023 : 2nd Silver medal europe

Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Overall

Tour de l'Avenir Tour de l'Avenir () 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. Felice Gimondi, Joo ...

: 3rd

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

UAE Tour The UAE Tour () are road cycling stage races in the United Arab Emirates. A men's event 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. A women's event was ...

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 7th Overall

References

External links

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