Shara Gillow
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| Personal information | |
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| Nickname | Shaza |
| Born |
23 December 1987 Nambour, Queensland |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| Sunshine Coast Cycling Club | |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2011 | Bizkaia-Durango |
| 2012–2014 | Orica-AIS |
| 2015–2016 | Rabo–Liv |
| 2017– | FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope |
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Shara Gillow (born 23 December 1987) is an Australian cyclist. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she finished 13th in the time trial and 39th in the road race.
Nicknamed Shaza, Gillow was born on 23 December 1987 in Nambour, Queensland. Her father David is an Olympic cyclist who represented Zimbabwe at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She attended Nambour Christian College then was home schooled and obtained a Bachelor of Language from Western Sydney Institute. As of 2012[update], she lives in Belli, Queensland.
Beyond cycling, Gillow is also a surfer.
Gillow is a road cyclist. Her events are the Road Race and Individual Time Trial. She did not become a professional cyclist until she was twenty years old, taking inspiration from her father to get involved with the sport.
Gillow has been coached by Martin Barras since 2010. Her coach said "Gillow was one of the most physically gifted cyclists he had seen, but tended to be too conservative and protective when competing." Her primary training base is in Italy, with a secondary training base in Australia. She is a member of the Sunshine Coast Cycling Club. She has cycling scholarships with the Queensland Academy of Sport and Australian Institute of Sport. She was a member of the Greenedge professional cycling team.
Gillow finished 4th at the 2011 Memorial Davide Fardelli in Rogno, Italy. She finished 3rd at the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen in Germany. She finished 9th overall at the 2011 Giro Donne in Italy. She finished 8th at the 2012 La visite chrono du Gatineau in Canada. She finished 7th at the 2012 Prologue GP Elsy Jacobs in Luxembourg. She finished 1st in the individual time trial and 2nd in the road event at the 2012 Oceania Road Championships in Queenstown, New Zealand. She finished 2nd at the 2012 Women's Tour of New Zealand. She finished 1st in the individual time trial event at the 2012 Australian Road Championships in Learmonth, Australia.
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