Olivia Ray Explained

Olivia Ray should not be confused with Olivia Rae.

Olivia Ray
Fullname:Olivia Ray
Birth Date:4 July 1998
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Weight:45 kg[1]
Height:1.60 m[2]
Discipline:Track cycling
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2021–2022
Majorwins:One-day races and Classics

Olivia Ray (born 4 July 1998) is a New Zealand racing cyclist who raced professionally for in 2021.[3]

Career

In 2022 Ray won the National road race championships in a reduced bunch sprint of six.[4]

In 2021 Olivia won $15,000 in a criterium where she beat the current US criterium champion by 1 second to the line.[5] By December she had not received her prize money.[6]

She was removed from the roster without explanation in March 2022.[7] [8]

Ray served a 30 month competition ban between March 2022 and September 2024 for an anti-doping rule violation after admitting to using prohibited substances including human growth hormane(hGH), clenbuterol, and oxandrolone.[9] [10] [11]

Major results

2021
  • 1st Criterium, National Road Championships
  • 1st Gravel and Tar La Femme
    2022
  • 1st Road race, National Road Championships

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Olivia Ray . www.procyclingstats.com . 13 February 2022.
    2. Web site: Olivia Ray. FirstCycling.com . 12 March 2022.
    3. Web site: HUMAN POWERED HEALTH . UCI . 13 February 2022.
    4. Web site: Grassroots Trust Elite Road National Championships Road Race . my4.raceresult.com . 13 February 2022.
    5. Web site: Olivia Ray roars to Lion's Den victory . Human Powered Health . 13 February 2022.
    6. Web site: Olivia Ray 'still waiting' for $15,000 winner's prize for Into The Lion's Den Criterium . cyclingnews.com . 13 February 2022 . en . 7 December 2021.
    7. News: Olivia Ray removed from Human Powered Health roster . 12 March 2022. Mathilda. Price. VeloNews.
    8. Web site: New Zealand champion Olivia Ray dropped by team with USADA investigation underway . CyclingTips . 12 March 2022 . en . 12 March 2022.
    9. Web site: Exclusive: 'I did drugs' - Kiwi cycling champion's admission and abuse allegations . NZ Herald . 16 July 2022 . en . 15 July 2022.
    10. News: New Zealand’s Olivia Ray Accepts Doping Sanction from USADA . 23 September 2022 . Molly . Hurford . Bicycling . 14 October 2024.
    11. Web site: New Zealand Cycling Athlete Olivia Ray Accepts Sanction for Anti-Doping Rule Violation . USADA . 22 September 2022 . 14 October 2024.

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