Nicole Shields (born 9 September 1999) is a New Zealand

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and track cyclist. She competed at the

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, winning silver in the

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(alongside

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Bryony Botha Bryony Botha (born 4 November 1997) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit during the 2024 summer Olympic Games with Ally Wollaston, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields. Ca ...

, and Emily Shearman).

Early life

She grew up in

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and attended Dunstan High School in

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. Shields was a member of the under-17 New Zealand development squad. In April 2015, she became the first female cyclist in 20 years to win two consecutive time trials and road races at the New Zealand club national championships.

Career

She was a member of the New Zealand 4000m pursuit teams that won silvers at the

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and the

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in Italy. Shields won both the New Zealand's Individual Pursuit Track Nationals and the Team Pursuit at the Oceania Championships at U19 level. She signed for the cycling team in October 2019. That year, she was part of the New Zealand team which won the 4000m women's team pursuit at the third round of the UCI Cycling Track World Cup in

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in 2019. At the World Cup she also partnered with

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to be runners-up in the madison event. She rode with the New Zealand team pursuit that set a New Zealand all-comers record at the UCI Oceania Track Cycling Championships in

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in February 2024. She was part of the New Zealand team pursuit that won the UCI Nations Cup event in Hong Kong in March 2024. She was selected to represent New Zealand at the

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