Tamara Balabolina
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Moscow, Russia | 13 August 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 2 "Tamara Balabolina". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "Tamara Balabolina". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying Result". tissottiming.com. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.