Simona Krupeckaitė (born 13 December 1982) is a Lithuanian former professional track cyclist. She is the 2009 500 m Time Trial World Champion and World Record holder at 33.296s, and the 2010 Keirin World Champion. She also won the 2009, 2010 and 2016 Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year award. In 2010 Krupeckaitė reached one more world record. This time she achieved 10.793 s record at Flying 200 m time trial event. She retired from competition after the conclusion of the 2021 UCI Track Champions League in December of that year.
Career results
- 2003
- 2nd 500 m TT, European Track Championships, U23
- 2nd Sprint, European Track Championships, U23
- 2004
- 3rd 500 m TT, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st Keirin, Round 2, Aguascalientes
- 3rd Sprint, Round 2, Aguascalientes
- 2005
- 2005–2006 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd 500 m TT, Round 1, Moscow
- 2006
- 2006–2007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd 500 m TT, Round 1, Sydney
- 3rd Sprint, Round 2, Moscow
- 3rd 500 m TT, Round 2, Moscow
- 2007
- 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd 500 m TT, Round 2, Beijing
- 2008
- 2nd 500 m TT, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 3rd 500 m TT, Round 3, Los Angeles
- 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st Sprint, Round 3, Cali
- 1st 500 m TT, Round 3, Cali
- 1st Keirin, Round 3, Cali
- 3rd Team Sprint, Round 3, Cali
- 2009
- 1st 500 m TT, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, set new World Record
- 3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Team Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st 500 m TT, Round 4, Beijing
- 1st Sprint, Round 4, Beijing
- 1st Keirin, Round 4, Beijing
- 2nd Team Sprint, Round 4, Beijing
- 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st Keirin, Round 1, Manchester
- 3rd Sprint, Round 1, Manchester
- 1st 500m TT, Round 3, Cali
- 1st Sprint, Round 3, Cali
- 2nd Team Sprint, Round 3, Cali
- 2010
- 1st Keirin, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2nd 500 m TT, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Team Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2011
- 2nd Sprint, World Track Championships
- 2010–2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd Sprint, Round 3, Beijing
- 3rd Team Sprint, Round 3, Beijing
- 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 1st Keirin, Round 2, Cali
- 2012
- 2nd Sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
- 2nd Team Sprint, Round 3, Beijing
- 2nd Sprint, Round 3, Beijing
- 2nd Keirin, Round 3, Beijing
- 1st Keirin, Round 4, London
- 2014
- Polish Cup
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin, Grand Prix of Tula
- 1st Keirin, Japan Track Cup 1
- Japan Track Cup 2
- 1st Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2nd Sprint, Panevezys
- Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
- 3rd Keirin
- 3rd Sprint
- 2015
- Panevezys
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- Cottbuser SprintCup
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- Grand Prix of Poland
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team Sprint (with Migle Marozaite)
- 2nd Keirin, Oberhausen
- 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 3rd Sprint, Round 2, Cambridge
- 2016
- 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st Keirin, Round 3, Hong Kong
- 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
- 1st Keirin, Round 1, Glasgow
- 1st Sprint, Round 1, Glasgow
- 1st Sprint, Grand Prix of Poland
- Panevežys
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- Memorial of Alexander Lesnikov
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- Grand Prix of Tula
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- Grand Prix Minsk
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Keirin
- 2nd Keirin, Oberhausen
- 2017
- International track race – Panevežys
- 1st Keirin
- 1st Sprint
- 2nd Keirin, UEC European Track Championships
References
- ^ "Athlete Biography – KRUPECKAITE Simona". Beijing Olympics official website. Archived from the original on 8 September 2008.
- "VN news ticker: Annette Edmondson announces retirement, Alpecin-Fenix signs Jakub Mareczko". VeloNews. 6 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
External links
- Simona Krupeckaitė at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Simona Krupeckaite website
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded byEdvinas Krungolcas | Best Lithuanian sportsman of the Year 2009, 2010 |
Succeeded byLaura Asadauskaitė |
| Preceded byLaura Asadauskaitė | Lithuanian Sportswoman of the Year 2016 |
Succeeded byAirinė Palšytė |
 UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's 500 m time trial | |
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| UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's keirin | |
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| Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year | |||||||||||||
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| Olympic sports |
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- 1982 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian female cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Lithuania
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
- People from Utena
- Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners
- Lithuanian track cyclists
- Cyclists at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in cycling
- European Games gold medalists for Lithuania
- European Games silver medalists for Lithuania