Diana Žiliūtė




























Diana Žiliūtė
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Personal information
Full name Diana Žiliūtė
Born
(1976-05-28) 28 May 1976 (age 42)
Rietavas, Lithuanian SSR
Team information
Discipline Road and track
Role Rider

Medal record





























Representing  Lithuania
Women's road cycling

Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Sydney
Road Race

World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Road race
Silver medal – second place 1994 Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Road race



Diana Žiliūtė (Lithuanian pronunciation: ​[dʲɪjɛˈnɐ ʑɪˈlʲuːtʲeː]; born 28 May 1976 in Rietavas) is a Lithuanian racing cyclist who dominated women's road racing in the late 1990s.


She made her debut in the pro cycling ranks in the mid-1990s after winning the 1994 World Junior Road Race Championship. She rose to the top of women's cycling in 1998 when she won two World Road Cup races, the overall World Road Cup title, and capped the season by winning the World Road Race Championships and leading the UCI Women's Road World Rankings.


The following year (1999), she further demonstrated her all around prowess by winning the Grande Boucle, one of the hardest stage races in women's cycle racing history. This was followed in 2000 by a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics.


For her achievements, Žiliūtė was awarded the Order of Gediminas, a Lithuanian state honor.



Palmarès



Prior to 1998

1994 World Junior Road Race Champion

1994 World Team Time Trial Championships - 2nd place

1996 European U-23 Time Trials - 2nd place

1996 Giro d'Italia - stage victory

1997 European U-23 Time Trial Champion

1997 Tour de Vendeè - stage victory

1997 Giro d'Italia Femminile- stage victory

1998


UCI Road Rankings 1st place


World Road Cup (Overall Points) - 1st place


World Road Race Championships - 1st place


World Time Trial Championships - 4th place

GP Tell (Swi) World Cup - 4th place

Beneden-Maas (Ned) World Cup - 1st place

Trophee International (Fra) World Cup - 3rd place


Women's Challenge - 3rd place GC, Points jersey, 1 stage victory


Montreal (Can) World Cup - 1st place


Liberty Classic (USA) World Cup - 2nd place

1999

UCI Road Ranking - 3rd place


World Road Race Championships - 3rd place


World Time Trial Championships - 8th place


Jersey yellow.svg Grande Boucle (cat. 1) - 1st place GC, 3 stage victories

Thuringen Rundfahrt - 2nd place GC, 2 stage victories

Giro del Trentino - 2 stage victories

2000


UCI Road Rankings 1st place


World Road Cup (Overall Points) - 1st place


Bronze medal olympic.svg Olympic Games Road Race - 3rd place (Bronze Medal)

Embrach (Swi) World Cup - 4th place


Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - stage victory


Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC, Points jersey, 2 stage victories


Liberty Classic (USA) World Cup - 2nd place

Montreal (Can) World Cup - 3rd place

Vuelta Navarra Feminas (cat. 2) - 1st place GC, Points, QOM jerseys, 4 stage victories


La Flèche Wallonne (Bel) World Cup - 4th place


Primavera Rosa (Ita) World Cup - 1st place

2001

UCI Road Ranking - 16th place


World Road Race Championships - 8th place

Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) - 1st place GC


Holland Ladies Tour (cat. 2) - 2nd place GC


Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC, 1 stage victory

2002


Giro d'Italia Femminile - 3rd place GC


Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - Sprints jersey, 1 stage victory

Publi-Tour Midi Pyrenees (cat. 2) - 1 stage victory

Primavera Rosa (Ita) World Cup - 2nd place

GP Citta di Castemaso (cat. 2) - 1st place

2003

UCI Road Ranking - 13th place

Rotterdam Tour (Ned) World Cup- 2nd place

Holland Ladies Tour (cat. 1) - Points, Sprints jersey, 3 stage victories

Rund um die Nurnberger (Ger) World Cup - 1st place

Le Tour du Montreal (cat. 1) - 4th place, Points jersey, 1 stage victory

GP Liberazione (cat. 2) - 1st place

2004


Giro d'Italia Femminile (cat. 1) - 7th place GC, 2 stage victories


 Lithuania National Road Race Champion


 Lithuania National Time Trial Champion

2005

(did not race for most of the 2005 season)

World Road Race Championships - 11th place

2006


 Lithuania National Road Race Champion



Photo gallery






  • Time Trial







  • Bike work






External links




  • Diana Žiliūtė at Cycling Archives


  • Diana Ziliute's web site (in Italian)


  • Diana Ziliute's team (in Italian)




















Awards
Preceded by
Lithuania Raimondas Šiugždinis
Best Lithuanian sportsman of the Year
1998
 Succeeded by
Lithuania Edita Pučinskaitė
Sporting positions
Preceded by
None
World Cup Overall Points Champion
1998
 Succeeded by
Anna Wilson
Preceded by
Anna Wilson
World Cup Overall Points Champion
2000
 Succeeded by
Anna Millward (nee Wilson)










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