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Rushlee Buchanan (born 20 January 1988) is a New Zealand track and
road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...
. She competed at the
2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...
, in Women's madison, and Women's team pursuit.


Career

She won bronze at the
2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling Track cycling is a Cycle sport, bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycle ...
in the
Team Pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
. She competed in the scratch, points and road races at both the
2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...
and
2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...
Commonwealth Games. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games she won a silver medal in the
team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
. She has won the women's New Zealand road race championships a record four times, in 2010, 2014, 2016 and 2017. She won the New Zealand time trial championships in 2016.


Personal life

Buchanan is married to American cyclist Adrian Hegyvary.


Major results

Source:


Track

;2005 : 2nd Points race, UCI Juniors World Championships ;2006 : 2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Track Championships ;2010 : 1st Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Cali : National Track Championships ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit ::3rd Omnium : 3rd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
;2011 : 1st Team pursuit, 2010–11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing ;2013 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit : Madison Cup ::1st Points race ::3rd Keirin : Challenge International sur piste ::1st Scratch ::3rd Individual pursuit : Invercargill ::1st Points race ::3rd Scratch : National Track Championships ::3rd Individual pursuit ::3rd Points race ;2016 : 2nd Points race, Festival of Speed ;2017 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Omnium : National Track Championships ::1st Points race ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit ::2nd Scratch ::3rd Omnium : 3rd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
;2018 : 1st Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships : 2nd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
: 3rd
Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...
,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
;2019 : 3rd
Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...


Road

;2006 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Mount Maunganui : 3rd Overall Tour de Delta ::1st Stage 2 ;2009 : 1st Criterium, National Road Championships ;2010 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2011 : National Road Championships ::2nd Criterium ::3rd Road race ;2014 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships ;2015 : 9th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race ;2016 : National Road Championships ::1st 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 ...
;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Criterium ::3rd
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 ...
;2018 : 2nd
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 : 5th
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 ...
,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
: 5th Chrono Gatineau : 8th Overall BeNe Ladies Tour : 10th Overall Tour de Feminin-O cenu Českého Švýcarska : 10th
Grand Prix Cycliste de Gatineau Grand Prix cycliste de Gatineau is an elite List of women's road bicycle races, women's professional road race held in Canada and is currently rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) as a 1.1 race.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


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buchanan, Rushlee 1988 births Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Living people New Zealand female cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand Cyclists from Waikato New Zealand track cyclists Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in the United States 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling