BUCHANAN Rushlee

Date of Birth: 20 Jan 1988

Age: 33

Gender: Female

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Track	Women's Team Pursuit NZL New Zealand	8
	Women's Madison NZL New Zealand	11

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Team Pursuit Qualifying	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Team Pursuit First Round - Heat 1	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Team Pursuit Finals 7-8	Finished
	Izu Velodrome	Women's Madison Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

CYCLING TRACK

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4km TP
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4

World Championships

Year	Location	Points Race	Scratch	Omnium	4km TP	3km TP
2020	Berlin, GER	-	-	-	6	-
2019	Pruszkow, POL	-	-	9	3	-
2018	Apeldoorn, NED	-	-	3	6	-
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	-	-	-	3	-
2016	London, GBR	-	-	-	4	-
2015	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA	-	12	-	4	-
2012	Melbourne, VIC, AUS	14	-	-	-	-
2010	Ballerup, DEN	-	15	-	-	3

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	Scratch	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2020	Invercargill, NZL	2	3	-	6
2018	Adelaide, SA, AUS	-	8	-	3
2017	Cambridge, NZL	16	2	1	3

World Cup (Ranking)

Rank	Event	Year
20	Omnium	2018/2019
44	Omnium	2019/2020

Year	Location	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2019/2020	Brisbane, QLD, AUS	-	2	10
2019/2020	Cambridge, NZL	15	1	-
2018/2019	Cambridge, NZL	6	1	3
2018/2019	Milton, ON, CAN	9	3	-
2018/2019	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA	-	2	-
2017/2018	Santiago, CHI	-	1	-
2017/2018	Milton, ON, CAN	-	2	-
2016/2017	Los Angeles, CA, USA	-	2	-

Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

UCI Road World Championships

Year	Location	Road Race	Team Time Trial
2015	Richmond, VA, USA	78	6
2014	Ponferrada, ESP	-	6

Ten best performances in major races in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
22	2017	Road Race	Great Ocean Road Race	Geelong, VIC, AUS
32	2017	Women's Individual	Tour of California	Sacramento, CA, USA
32	2014	Road Race	Philadelphia Classic	Philadelphia, PA, USA
43	2015	Women's Individual	Tour of California	Sacramento, CA, USA
44	2015	Road Race	La Course by Le Tour	Paris, FRA
54	2015	Women's Individual	The Women's Tour	Hemel Hempstead, GBR
57	2015	Road Race	Philadelphia Classic	Philadelphia, PA, USA
70	2010	Road Race	Philadelphia Classic	Philadelphia, PA, USA

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Rush (cyclingdatabase.com, 18 Apr 2014)

Occupation:

Business Management, Science - Massey University, New Zealand

Husband Adrian Hegyvary

Languages spoken:

Te Awamutu Sports Cycling Club [New Zealand]

Ross Machejefski [national]

Sporting relatives:

Her husband Adrian Hegyvary has represented the United States of America in road cycling and track cycling. On the road he was part of the squad that was ranked 19th in the team time trial at the 2015 World Championships in Richmond, VA, United States of America. On the track he won gold in team pursuit at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Apr 2020; nzherald.co.nz, 07 Jan 2016)

Other sports:

She represented New Zealand in road cycling at the Commonwealth Games in 2010, 2014, and 2018. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Apr 2020)

She broke her wrist in 2009 while racing in the Dana Point Grand Prix in California, United States of America. She needed six weeks to recover. (tasportscycling.co.nz, 11 Jun 2009; roadcycling.co.nz, 05 May 2009)

She began cycling at age 12. (roadcycling.co.nz, 03 Jun 2016)

She was inspired to try the sport after watching New Zealand track cyclist Sarah Ulmer compete at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. "That really touched me. Sarah got fourth and that was my inspiration to go and find out more about cycling. It was not a gold medal or a world record that inspired me, it was true heart and a down-to-earth Kiwi attitude." (newsroom.co.nz, 28 Feb 2019; roadcycling.co.nz, 03 Jun 2016)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (newsroom.co.nz, 28 Feb 2019)

New Zealand track cyclist Sarah Ulmer. (stpetersalumni.org.nz, 01 Jan 2017)

Philosophy:

"I'm known for my aggression and attacking tactics." (nzherald.co.nz, 07 Jan 2016)

She was part of the New Zealand women's team pursuit squad that was named the 2019 Track Team of the Year by Cycling New Zealand Road and Track. (cyclingnewzealand.nz, 27 Jan 2020)

In 2019 she was named Elite Female Track Cyclist of the Year at the Cycling New Zealand Annual Awards. (cambridgenews.nz, 13 Jun 2019)

General Interest

General
FAMILY LIFE
Her husband Adrian Hegyvary is a US cyclist who has competed at international level in both track cycling and road cycling. The pair have homes in Cambridge, New Zealand, and Asheville, NC, United States of America, but depending on their schedules, they can spend significant periods of time apart. "It's a kind of strange time, to be honest, when we see each other at track events. You have your own track time, your own area in the middle of the track and we're on our own schedule. So sometimes we literally wave at each other from the other side of the velodrome. Some days you have the same schedule and are staying at the same hotel, but it's totally luck of the draw where your country has put you." (newsroom.co.nz, 28 Feb 2019)

FURTHER EDUCATION
She has studied for a master's degree in sport management. (newsroom.co.nz, 28 Feb 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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