Tamara Balabolina

Tamara Balabolina

On the podium at the 2015 European Track Championships
Personal information
Born	13 August 1993 Moscow, Russia
Team information
Discipline	Track
Rider type	Endurance
Medal record Representing  Russia Track cycling European Championships 2014 Guadeloupe Team pursuit European U23 Championships 2012 Anadia Omnium 2014 Anadia Scratch 2014 Anadia Team pursuit 2014 Anadia Omnium
Infobox last updated on 31 October 2014

Tamara Balabolina (Russian: Тамара Балаболина; born 13 August 1993) is a Russian track racing cyclist.^[1] After winning several medals as a junior and under-23 at the European Track Championships she won as an elite rider the bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships.^[1] Besides track cycling she also rides on the road and competed in 2013 at the Russian National Road Race Championships and Russian National Time Trial Championships.^[2]

As of 31 October 2014 she is still the current Russian national track cycling record holder in the 4000 m team pursuit in a time of 4:29.842 ridden at the 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup race in Aguascalientes on 5 December 2013 together with Anastasia Chulkova, Alexandra Chekina and Galina Strelsova.^[3]

Palmarès

2011

1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Junior's team sprint (with Anastasia Voynova)

3rd European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Junior's sprint

2012

3rd European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 omnium

2013

Russian National Record: 4000m team pursuit in 4:29.842 (2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup race in Aguascalientes)

1st Russian National Track Championships, Team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Alexandra Goncharova and Maria Mishina)

2nd Russian National Track Championships, Omnium

2014

1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 omnium

1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 team pursuit (with Alexandra Chekina, Alexandra Goncharova and Gulnaz Badykova)

1st European Track Championships (under-23 & junior), Under-23 scratch

2nd European Track Championships, Team pursuit (with Irina Molicheva, Aleksandra Goncharova and Evgenia Romanyuta)

References

1. "Tamara Balabolina". Cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
2. "Tamara Balabolina". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 October 2014.
3. "Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying Result". tissottiming.com. 5 December 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.