Leire Olaberria

Leire Olaberria

Leire Olaberria (2011)
To person
Full name	Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro
Date of birth	17th February 1977
nation	Spain
discipline	Train (endurance)
To the team
Current team	End of career
End of career	April 2018
Most important successes
Olympic games 2008 - points race UEC European Rail Championships 2010 - Omnium
Last updated: January 25, 2019

Leire Olaberria Dorronsoro (born February 17, 1977 in Ikaztegieta , Gipuzkoa ) is a former Spanish cyclist from the Basque Country who competed in road and track races.

Athletic career

Leire Olaberria was active in the elite since 2006 and was the most successful Spanish track cyclist during this time; The all-rounder has been the Spanish champion ten times in various endurance and short-term disciplines as well as on the road. Since 2005 she has placed in the top ten several times at European and Rail World Championships . In her specialty, the points race , she won the bronze medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing .

In 2010 Leire Olaberria trained in the center of Spanish track cycling in Mallorca under the German trainer Bill Huck . In November 2010 she became the European champion in the Omnium . In 2011 she won three Spanish championship titles on the track , in points , in single pursuit and in scratch . In 2013 she won the bronze medal in the points trial at the European Rail Championships and was national runner-up in the individual time trial. In 2014 she became the Spanish time trial champion and the following year she was double Spanish champion on the track, in single pursuit and points race.

In 2016, Olaberria failed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . In December 2016 she became a mother and subsequently lost her place in the national team and her scholarship. In April 2018, Leire Olaberria drove her last race in the final of the Six Day Series in the Palma Arena .

In August 2019, Olaberria organized the first Clásica San Sebastián for female racing drivers.

Dispute with the association

In September 2017, Olaberria was invited by the Spanish national coach Raúl Mena to contest the two-man team driving at the European Railway Championships , but not with her partner Eukene Larrarte , whereupon it did not start. There were arguments between the rider and the trainer, which in January 2018 resulted in a complaint from Olaberria to the Spanish Cycling Federation. She called for the dismissal of Mena, who is also the head of the Euskadi-Eustrak track cycling team , because the latter did not nominate her for the 2018 UCI Track World Championships for personal reasons .

A complaint from Olaberria about discrimination against female athletes because of pregnancy or motherhood is pending before the Consejo Superior de Deportes .

successes

train

2008

• Olympic Games - points race

2010

• World Championship - Omnium
• Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - Omnium
• European Champion - Omnium

2011

• Spanish champion - scratch, single chase, points race

2013

• European Championship - points race

2015

• Spanish champion - single pursuit, points race

2017

• Spanish champion - team sprint (with Tania Calvo ), two-man team driving (with Eukene Larrarte )

Street

2010

• Spanish champion - road race, individual time trial

2014

• Spanish champion - individual time trial

Web links

Commons : Leire Olaberria  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Leire Olaberria in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Leire Olaberria in the ProCyclingStats.com database
• Leire Olaberria in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Leire Olaberria says goodbye to track cycling. In: video.eurosport.de. April 14, 2018, accessed January 26, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Diariovas.com: "Leire Olaberria se hace velocista"
2. ↑ Leire Olaberria se queda fuera de los Juegos Olímpicos. Noticias de Gipuzkoa. In: noticias de Gipuzkoa. Retrieved February 21, 2017 (Spanish). 
3. ↑ Six Day Series Mallorca: Torres y Mora, tambi & ea: Six Day Series Mallorca: Torres y Mora, también en casa - Ciclo21. In: ciclo21.com. April 16, 2018, Retrieved January 26, 2019 (Spanish). 
4. ↑ Iritsi da emakumezkoen Klasikoa. In: eitb.eus. August 3, 2019, accessed August 11, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Carlos Arribas: La selección no quiere a Leire Olaberria, bicyclist y madre. In: elpais.com. February 19, 2018, Retrieved February 20, 2018 (Spanish). 
6. ↑ La ciclista Leire Olaberria denuncia en el Congreso la discriminación que sufre desde que es madre. In: europapress.es. October 3, 2018, accessed January 26, 2019 (Spanish).