Anna Shackley
 Shackley at the 2021 Amstel Gold Race | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Anna Shackley | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 May 2001[1] Milngavie, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Cynisca Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2011–2017 | Glasgow Riderz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Team 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Team Breeze | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021–2024 | SD Worx | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2024 | Alba Development Road Team | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Cynisca Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Anna Shackley (born 17 May 2001) is a British former road and track cyclist from Scotland,[2] who competed professionally between 2021 and 2024 for UCI Women's WorldTeam Team SD Worx–Protime. She won medals at the under-23 road race of both the European Championships and the World Championships in 2023, before she was forced to retire due to cardiac arrhythmia.
Since her retirement, Shackley has worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Women's Continental Teams Alba Development Road Team and Cynisca Cycling.
Career
[edit]At the 2020 British National Track Championships, Shackley won the national titles in the points race and the team pursuit events.[3] She was signed by UCI Women's WorldTeam SD Worx for the 2021 season.[4][5]
Shackley was chosen to be part of Great Britain's cycling squad at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she would contest the time trial and the road race.[6] She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she finished 10th in the women's road time trial event and 21st in the women's road race.[7]
In 2023 Shackley competed in the inaugural Tour de l'Avenir Femmes, where she placed 2nd in the final general classification.[8] She also won medals at the under-23 road race of both the European Championships (silver) and the World Championships (bronze) during the season.
Shackley announced her retirement in April 2024 because of her heart condition, cardiac arrhythmia.[9]
Major results
[edit]Source: [10]
- 2019
- 3rd Overall Watersley Ladies Challenge
- 2020
- British National Track Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 1st Points race
- 1st
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st Under-23 time trial
- 5th Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall Rás na mBan
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 2022
- 5th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 7th Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta
- 10th Time trial, Commonwealth Games
- 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 2023
- 2nd
Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships - 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd
Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships - 4th Overall UAE Tour
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
References
[edit]- ^ "profile". World Cycling Stats.
- ^ "track profile and results". British Cycling.
- ^ "Results" (PDF). British Cycling.
- ^ "Team SD Worx". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 13 January 2021. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Anna Shackley signs for SD Worx for 2021". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Anna Shackley". Team Scotland. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ Jary, Rachel (25 September 2023). "'There's pressure because all the team do is win': Anna Shackley on her breakthrough season and life with SD Worx". Rouleur. Gruppo Media Ltd. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ^ "Promising Scottish rider Anna Shackley forced to retire from cycling at 22". Cycling Weekly. 16 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
- ^ "Anna Shackley". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- Anna Shackley at British Cycling
- Anna Shackley at ProCyclingStats
- Anna Shackley at CQ Ranking
- Anna Shackley at Olympedia
- Anna Shackley at Team GB
- Anna Shackley at Team Scotland
- Anna Shackley at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
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- People from Milngavie
- 21st-century British sportswomen
- Sportspeople from East Dunbartonshire
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