Racquel Sheath

Racquel Sheath (born 27 November 1994) is a retired New Zealand track and road cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Sheath competed for the New Zealand team in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. There, she delivered the quartet of Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen, and Rushlee Buchanan a New Zealand record of 4:17.592 to ensure the team's spot in the medal race, before narrowly losing the face-off to their Canadian rivals (4:18.459) for the bronze by a 3.8-second margin.

Sheath retired from cycling in August 2020. Following her retirement, she became a financial adviser with her family's insurance company, and opened a nail salon in Cambridge.

Major results

 * 2014
 * Oceania Track Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit (with Lauren Ellis, Jaime Nielsen and Georgia Williams)
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Omnium
 * BikeNZ Classic
 * 3rd Points race
 * 3rd Scratch


 * 2015
 * 6th Overall Tour of America's Dairyland


 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Criterium, National Road Championships
 * Oceania Track Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Madison (with Michaela Drummond)
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Omnium
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Team sprint (with Emma Cumming)
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Points race


 * 2017
 * Oceania Track Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Omnium
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
 * 2nd Omnium, National Track Championships
 * 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
 * 6th White Spot / Delta Road Race


 * 2018
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Criterium, National Road Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games