Monika Schachl (born 21 August 1978 in Mondsee) is a retired Austrian professional

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and mountain biker. She represented her nation

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at the

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, and later captured three Austrian championship titles each in mountain biking, road race, and time trial during the 2005 and 2008 seasons. Before her official retirement in 2009, Schachl rode for

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Graz in the women's elite professional events on the UCI Women's World Cup,

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, and Austrian Championships. Schachl qualified for the Austrian squad in the women's road race at the

by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the

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. She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-sixth-place effort in 3:36:37, trailing behind Belgium's Lieselot Decroix and Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by a scanty, two-second gap.

Career highlights

;2005 : 1st MaillotAustria

Austrian Mountain Bike Championships ;2006 : 1st Stage 5, Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine,

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(CZE) : 3rd Austrian Championships (Road) : 3rd Austrian Championships (ITT) ;2007 : 1st Overall, Rad-Tage Salzkammergut,

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(AUT) : 1st Stage 5, Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine,

(CZE) : 2nd Overall, Wiener Radfest,

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(AUT) : 3rd Austrian Championships (Road),

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(AUT) ;2008 : 1st Overall, Wiener Radfest,

(AUT) : 1st MaillotAustria

Austrian Championships (Road) : 1st MaillotAustria

Austrian Championships (ITT),

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(AUT) : 46th

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(CHN)

References

External links

NBC 2008 Olympics profile
* 1978 births Living people Austrian female cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Austria People from Vöcklabruck District Cyclists from Upper Austria 21st-century Austrian sportswomen {{Austria-cycling-bio-stub