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. Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in the women's team pursuit at the

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in Rio de Janeiro. There, she delivered the quartet of Lauren Ellis,

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, and

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a New Zealand record of 4:17.592 to ensure the team's spot in the medal race, before narrowly losing the face-off to their Canadian rivals (4:18.459) for the bronze by a 3.8-second margin. Sheath retired from cycling in August 2020. Following her retirement, she became a

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with her family's insurance company, and opened a

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Major results

;2014 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis,

and Georgia Williams) ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Omnium : BikeNZ Classic ::3rd Points race ::3rd Scratch ;2015 : 6th Overall

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;2016 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Criterium, National Road Championships : Oceania Track Championships ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Madison (with

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) ::2nd

Omnium ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Team sprint (with Emma Cumming) ::3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Points race ;2017 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Omnium ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team pursuit : 2nd Omnium, National Track Championships : 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

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: 6th White Spot / Delta Road Race ;2018 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

Criterium, National Road Championships : 2nd Silver medal blank

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* * * * * * 1994 births Living people New Zealand female cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Financial advisors Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists from Waikato 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub