Mossana Debesay
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Date of birth | November 25, 1993 |
nation | Eritrea |
discipline | Street |
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Current team |
Servetto-Stradalli Cycle- aluminum recycling |
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Last updated: February 21, 2020 |
Mossana Debesay (born November 25, 1993 in Asmara ) is an Eritrean cyclist.
Athletic career
Mossana Debesay comes from a cycling family: Her brother Mekseb is a racing cyclist, as was her other brother Frekalsi until 2015
Mossana Debesay has been internationally active in cycling since 2014. In 2015 she won the gold medal in road racing at the Africa Games and was two-time Eritrean champion in road racing and in the individual time trial . In 2016 she won her first bronze medal at the African cycling championships, in the team time trial. The following year she won two medals, gold in the team time trial and silver in the individual time trial.
In 2018 Debesay won her first individual medal at an African Championship when she won the individual time trial; her brother won that of the men. She won silver in the team time trial and bronze in the road race. Shortly thereafter, she received a contract with the Servetto-Stradalli Cycle-Alurecycling team as the first Eritrean in a UCI women's team .
The following year Debesay was Africa champion in the road race in March ; on the same day her brother Mekseb won the men's title.
successes
- 2015
- Africa game winner - individual time trial
- African Championship - team time trial (with Wehazit Kidane , Tsehainesh Fitsum and Yohana Dawit )
- Eritrean champion - individual time trial, road race
- 2016
- African Championship - team time trial (with Yohana Dawit , Wogatht Gebrehiwet and Wehazit Kidane )
- Eritrean Champion - Individual Time Trial
- 2017
- African champion - team time trial (with Yohana Dawit , Wogatht Gebrehiwet and Bisrat Ghebremeskel )
- African Championship - Individual Time Trial
- 2018
- African champion - individual time trial
- African Championship - team time trial (with Wehazit Kidane , Bisrat Ghebremeskel and Tighisti Ghebrihiwet )
- African Championship - Road Race
- 2019
- African champion - road race
- African Championship - Team Time Trial (with Tighisti Ghebrihiwet , Desiet Kidane and Zinab Fitsum )
Teams
- 2018 Servetto-Stradalli Cycle-Alurecycling (from March 19)
- 2019 Servetto-Stradalli Cycle-Alurecycling
Web links
- Mossana Debesay in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Mossana Debesay in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Campionati Africani, nelle cronometro la famiglia Debesay si prende tutto. In: Cicloweb. February 15, 2018, accessed February 21, 2018 (Italian).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Debesay, Mossana |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Eritrean cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1993 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Asmara |