Omer Shapira
Omer Shapira is an Israeli racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam. She is the 2017, 2018, and 2019 national Israeli champion.Biography
Shapira won the bronze medal at the 2016 Israeli National Time Trial Championships, and the silver medal at the 2018 Israeli National Time Trial Championships. She also won the bronze medal at the 2014 and 2016 Israeli National Road Race Championships, the silver medal at the 2015 championships, and the gold medal at the 2017-19 championships.
Shapira rode in the women's time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.
In March 2019, she came in 2nd at the Scorpions' Pass Time Trial and 3rd at the Aphrodite Cycling Race Individual Time Trial, and in August 2019 she came in 3rd at the Colorado Classic.
In September 2019, Shapira finished 13th of 53 cyclists at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships; Women's time trial in Great Britain. She completed the 30.3-kilometer course in 46 minutes and 41 seconds. In doing so, she guaranteed Israel a place at the women’s time trial contest in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Since only one cyclist per country can compete in the Olympic Games, Shapira was promoted to eighth place. The first ten places automatically qualified, and 15 more cyclists will also make the 2020 Games via the world rankings. However, Shapira will not necessarily be the cyclist representing Israel, as the Israeli cyclist with the best eventual world ranking will qualify.
