Tamara Balabolina

Tamara Balabolina

Personal information
Born (1993-08-13) 13 August 1993
Moscow, Russia
Team information
Discipline Track
Rider type Endurance
Infobox last updated on
31 October 2014

Tamara Balabolina (Russian: Тамара Балаболина; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian track racing cyclist.[1] After winning several medals as a junior and under-23 at the European Track Championships she won as an elite rider the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships.[1] Besides track cycling she also rides on the road and competed in 2013 at the Russian National Road Race Championships and Russian National Time Trial Championships.[2]

As of 31 October 2014 she is still the current Russian national track cycling record holder in the 4000 m team pursuit in a time of 4:29.842 ridden at the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup race in Aguascalientes on 5 December 2013 together with Anastasia Chulkova, Alexandra Chekina and Galina Strelsova.[3]

Palmarès

2011
1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Junior's team sprint (with Anastasia Voynova)
3rd European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Junior's sprint
2012
3rd European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 omnium
2013
Russian National Record: 4000m team pursuit in 4:29.842 (2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup race in Aguascalientes)
1st Russian National Track Championships, Team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Alexandra Goncharova and Maria Mishina)
2nd Russian National Track Championships, Omnium
2014
1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 omnium
1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Alexandra Goncharova and Gulnaz Badykova)
1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 scratch
2nd European Track Championships, Team pursuit (with Irina Molicheva, Aleksandra Goncharova and Evgenia Romanyuta)

References

  1. 1 2 "Tamara Balabolina". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  2. "Tamara Balabolina". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
  3. "Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying Result". tissottiming.com. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
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