Rebecca Wiasak (born 24 May 1984) is an Australian track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships where she became a world champion in individual pursuit.Australian-Lithuanian cycling debutant Wiasak crowned a World Champion In January 2015 she was announced as part of the inaugural line-up for the High5 Dream Team. In 2017, Wiasak raced domestically for ACTAS on the track, for High5 Dream Team in Australia and in the United States of America for Fearless Femme Racing on the road.
In 2009 Wiasak represented Australia in Lithuanian World Games competing in women's basketball.Žvaigždės venomis teka lietuviškas kraujas After missing out of selection to compete at a major international Games at the Glasgow 2014 and Rio 2016, Wiasak was selected for her first Commonwealth Games. At the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games, she set a new Australian record beating her previous national record set at the Paris 2015 track world championships, and Wiasak was one of four riders to beat the previous Commonwealth Games individual pursuit record Joanna Rowsell set in 2014.
Major results
2014 BikeNZ Classic 1st Points Race 2nd Omnium Oceania Track Championships 2nd Individual Pursuit 2nd Team Pursuit (with Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Lauren Perry and Elissa Wundersitz) 3rd Scratch Race 2nd Scatch Race, BikeNZ Cup
2015 1st Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships 1st Individual Pursuit, South Australian Grand Prix
2016 1st Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
2017 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships 2nd Team Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships 4th Individual Time Trial, Australian National Time Trial Championships
2018 1st Australian National Criterium Championships 2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games 3rd Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships
2019 1st Australian National Criterium Championships 5th Overall Lexus of Blackburn Bay Cycling Classic
References
External links Official website