Monika Schachl

Monika Schachl

Personal information
Full name	Monika Schachl
Born	(1978-08-21) 21 August 1978 (age 46) Mondsee, Vöcklabruck, Austria
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road, mountain biking
Role	Rider, time-trialist, cross-country biker
Professional teams
2004	RC ELK Haus Tirol
2005	Elk Haus–Simplon
2007	Team Uniqa Graz
2008	Uniqa
2009	Uniqa – Elk
Major wins
Austrian Championships (Road) (2008) Austrian Championships (ITT) (2008)

Monika Schachl (born 21 August 1978 in Mondsee) is a retired Austrian professional road cyclist and mountain biker.[1] She represented her nation Austria at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and later captured three Austrian championship titles each in mountain biking, road race, and time trial during the 2005 and 2008 seasons.[2] Before her official retirement in 2009, Schachl rode for Team Uniqa Graz in the women's elite professional events on the UCI Women's World Cup, UCI World Championships, and Austrian Championships.[3]

Schachl qualified for the Austrian squad in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the UCI World Cup.[4][5] She successfully completed a grueling race with a forty-sixth-place effort in 3:36:37, trailing behind Belgium's Lieselot Decroix and Mexico's Alessandra Grassi by a scanty, two-second gap.[6][7]

Career highlights

2005

1st Austrian Mountain Bike Championships

2006

1st Stage 5, Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine, Krásná Lípa (CZE)

3rd Austrian Championships (Road)

3rd Austrian Championships (ITT)

2007

1st Overall, Rad-Tage Salzkammergut, Salzkammergut (AUT)

1st Stage 5, Krasna Lipa Tour Féminine, Krásná Lípa (CZE)

2nd Overall, Wiener Radfest, Vienna (AUT)

3rd Austrian Championships (Road), Podersdorf am See (AUT)

2008

1st Overall, Wiener Radfest, Vienna (AUT)

1st Austrian Championships (Road)

1st Austrian Championships (ITT), Seefeld in Tirol (AUT)

46th Olympic Games (Road), Beijing (CHN)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Monika Schachl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
2. "Radsport: Monika Schachl Straßen-Staatsmeisterin" [Cycling: Monika Schachl is the road national champion] (in German). Salzburg24.at. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
3. "Monika Schachl holte Gold" [Monika Schachl won gold] (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
4. "Gold - Schachl bleibt damit auf Olympia-Kurs" [Gold – Schachl thus remains on Olympic course] (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
5. "Olympia: 72 österreichische Athleten für Peking" [Olympics: 72 Austrian athletes for Beijing] (in German). Die Presse. 29 June 2008. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
6. "Women's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
7. "Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold". Velo News. 10 August 2008. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

External links

• NBC 2008 Olympics profile
• Monika Schachl at Cycling Archives (archived)