Olga Zabelinskaya (Retired)
Olga Zabelinskaya is a retired Uzbekistani cyclist and one of the most decorated time-trial riders of her generation. Born in Russia and representing that country for much of her career before switching allegiance to Uzbekistan, she won three Olympic medals and remained competitive internationally into her forties.
Olga Zabelinskaya profile
- Name: Olga Sergeyevna Zabelinskaya
- Nationality: Uzbekistani
- Place of birth: Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- Date of birth: 10 May 1980
- Status: Retired
- Current Team: Retired
- Previous Teams: Carpe Diem-Itera, Velodames-Colnago, Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung, Fenixs-Colnago, Safi-Pasta Zara, Diadora-Pasta Zara, RusVelo, BePink, BePink Cogeas, Cogeas-Mettler Pro Cycling Team, Roland Cogeas Edelweiss Squad, Tashkent City Women Professional Cycling Team
Career overview
Zabelinskaya won bronze medals in both the road race and individual time-trial at the London 2012 Olympics before taking time-trial silver at Rio 2016. She later switched sporting nationality from Russia to Uzbekistan and finished ninth in the road race at the Tokyo Olympics. Her long career also included overall victory at the Thüringen Rundfahrt in 2010, the Tour of Thailand in 2018 and multiple Asian Championship time-trial titles. Zabelinskaya won the Asian Games time-trial in 2023 and retained the Asian continental title in 2024, aged 44. She made her fourth Olympic appearance in Paris that summer, finishing 23rd in the time-trial, before ending her professional career after the 2024 season.
