Carla Shibley (born September 19, 1990) is a Canadian para-cyclist. She won four medals at the

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and was named one of Canada's flag bearers for the Closing Ceremony.

Early life

Shibley was diagnosed with

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at age 10, leading to her vision loss.

Career

Shibley originally got into adaptive sport through running and

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. She began para-cycling in 2015. Shibley competed in

para-cycling Para-cycling (or paracycling/para cycling) is the sport of cycling (sport), cycling adapted for cyclists who have various disability, disabilities. It is governed by the (UCI). The sport consists of seven different events which include Road bicy ...

at the

with pilot Meghan Lemiski. They won gold medals in the women's tandem road race and women's tandem

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, a silver in the women's 1,000-metre tandem

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, and a bronze medal in the mixed tandem time trial. She was named a Closing Ceremony flag bearer for Canada at the Games. Shibley and Lemiski won the 2021 Canada Paracycling National Championship in women's tandem. They came second in the women's tandem time trial. In 2023, Shibley and pilot Meghan Brown, placed tenth in the para road cycling world championships. She won bronze, with Brown, in the women's tandem at the 2024 Para Cycling World Cup in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shibley, Carla Living people 1990 births Canadian female cyclists 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Medalists at the 2019 Parapan American Games Parapan American Games gold medalists for Canada Parapan American Games silver medalists for Canada Parapan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Parapan American Games medalists in cycling Cyclists from Calgary