Desiet Kidane
 Kidane at the 2021 World Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 October 2000 |
| Died | 8 November 2021 (aged 21) Asmara, Eritrea |
| Team information | |
| Current team | WCC Team |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2018 | UCI WCC Women's Team |
| Professional teams | |
| 2019 | WCC Team |
| 2021 | WCC Team |
Desiet Kidane Teketse[1] (10 October 2000 – 8 November 2021) was an Eritrean professional racing cyclist,[2][3] who rode for UCI Women's Continental Team WCC Team.[4] She rode in the women's road race at the 2019 UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England.[5]
She died after being hit by a motorist while training in Asmara, Eritrea.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Desiet Kidane". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Desiet Kidane". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ TesfaNews (17 November 2018). "(Interview) // Desiet Kidane, Eritrea's Next Female Cycling Star". TesfaNews. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ "WCC Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ "86th World Championships WE - Road Race (WC)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ Stokes, Shane (9 November 2021). "Promising World Cycling Centre rider Desiet Kidane dies in training crash". Cycling News. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
- ^ Dabbs, Ryan (9 November 2021). "21-year-old Eritrean professional cyclist dies after being hit by car". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- Desiet Kidane at UCI
- Desiet Kidane at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Desiet Kidane at ProCyclingStats
- Desiet Kidane at Cycling Quotient
- Desiet Kidane at Olympedia
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