Mossana Debesai (born 25 November 1993) is an Eritrean professional
racing cyclist
Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...
, who last rode for
UCI Women's Team
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. She competed in the
women's road race event at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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.
She rode in the
women's road race at the
2016 UCI Road World Championships
The 2016 UCI Road World Championships took place in Doha, Qatar, in October 2016. The championships was moved from the traditional September to October to avoid extreme hot and blustery weather. The event consisted of a road race, a team time t ...
.
In 2019, she won the
African Road Championships
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road race and in 2018 and the African Road Championships individual time trial. She is the younger sister of
Mekseb Debesay
Mekseb Debesay Abrha (born 16 June 1991) is an Eritrean racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships, as well as the 2015 UCI Road World Championships, where he was the only rider from ...
who won the men's competition in both events.
Major results
;2014
: National Road Championships
::2nd
Time trial
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::3rd
Road race
;2015
:
African Games
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::1st

Time trial
::5th Road race
: 1st
Time trial
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, National Road Championships
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::3rd

Team time trial
::7th Time trial
::10th Road race
;2016
: 1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
, National Road Championships
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::3rd

Team time trial
::5th Time trial
;2017
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::1st

Team time trial
::2nd

Time trial
::7th Road race
: 1st
Time trial
In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...
, National Road Championships
;2018
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::1st

Time trial
::2nd

Team time trial
::3rd

Road race
;2019
:
African Road Championships
The African Continental Cycling Championships are a series of cycling races held annually in Africa
Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square& ...
::1st

Road race
::2nd

Team time trial
::4th Time trial
:
African Games
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::2nd

Team time trial
::7th Time trial
: National Road Championships
::3rd
Time trial
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::3rd
Road race
References
External links
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1993 births
Living people
Eritrean female cyclists
Cyclists from Asmara
African Games gold medalists for Eritrea
African Games gold medalists in cycling
Cyclists at the 2015 African Games
Olympic cyclists for Eritrea
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics