Vita Heine
Vita Heine in the individual time trial of the 2018 World Cycling Championships | |
To person | |
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Full name | Vita Heine Pētersone |
Date of birth | November 21, 1984 |
nation |
Latvia Norway |
discipline | Street |
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Current team | Hitec Products-Birk Sport |
Last updated: March 21, 2020 |
Vita Heine Pētersone (born November 21, 1984 in Cēsis , Latvian SSR ) is a Latvian - Norwegian cyclist .
Athletic career
Vita Heine was born in Latvia, where she also grew up; since 2006 she has also had Norwegian citizenship. She only started cycling at the age of 28. She has been driving for the Hitec Products team since 2014 ; until 2017 she continued to work part-time as an actuary . She usually pays for the trips to the bike races out of her own pocket, and instead of staying in hotels, she stays in a mobile home or privately.
In 2011, Heine took third place at the Latvian championship in the individual time trial , in 2013 and 2014 second place. In 2016 she won the Finnish stage race Naisten Etappiajot (NEA). In 2016 and 2017 she was two-time Norwegian champion in individual time trials and road races , and in 2018 she was once again national road champion. In 2016 she started at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , where she finished 33rd in the road race and 25th in the individual time trial.
2018 occupied Heine each sixth place in the time trial competition Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen in France and in the Thai stage race Tour of Thailand . At the road world championships in Innsbruck she finished 24th in the individual time trial. In 2019, she won the Tour de Feminin - O cenu Českého Švýcarska and the Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen and was again national champion in the individual time trial.
successes
- 2016
- Norwegian champion - individual time trial, road race
- KZN Summer Series Race 2
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- one stage Tour of Uppsala
- one stage international Thuringia tour of women
- Norwegian Champion - Individual Time Trial
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Tour de Feminin - O cenu Českého Švýcarska
- Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen
Teams
- 2014 Hitec Products (from August 1st)
- 2015 Hitec Products
- 2016 Hitec Products
- 2017 Hitec Products
- 2018 Hitec Products
- 2019 Hitec Products-Birk Sport
- 2020 Hitec Products-Birk Sport
Web links
- Vita Heine in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Vita Heine in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mens de manlige utøverne so på hotellet, kjørte Vita Heine roundt i mobile for å holde varmen. In: dagbladet.no. March 20, 2018, Retrieved February 13, 2019 (Norwegian).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Heine, Vita |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Heine Pētersone, Vita (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian-Norwegian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1984 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cēsis , Latvian SSR |