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Marlies Mejías
Marlies Mejías in 2011
Personal information
Full nameMarlies Mejías García
Born (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 31)
Güira de Melena, Cuba
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamVirginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Professional teams
2017Weber Shimano Ladies Power
2018TWENTY20 p/b Sho-Air
2023–Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24
Medal record
Representing  Cuba
Women's road cycling
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Road race
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 León Road race
Gold medal – first place 2021 Santo Domingo Time trial
Silver medal – second place 2013 Zacatecas Road race
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Santo Domingo Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2018 San Juan Road race
Women's track cycling
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Guadalajara Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Omnium
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Medellin Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2011 Medellin Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2012 Mar del Plata Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mexico City Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mexico City Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mexico City Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2016 Aguascalientes Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2012 Mar del Plata Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aguascalientes Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aguascalientes Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2014 Aguascalientes Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2016 Aguascalientes Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2017 Balmain Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aguascalientes Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Aguascalientes Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Medellin Individual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Aguascalientes Team sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Balmain Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Aguascalientes Points race

Marlies Mejías García (born 29 December 1992) is a Cuban road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Virginia's Blue Ridge–TWENTY24. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's Omnium,[1] finishing in 8th place overall.[2]

Major results

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Road

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2010
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2012
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Road race, Pan American Road Championships
5th Copa Fundadeporte
10th Clasico Fundadeporte
2013
2nd Road race, Pan American Road Championships
2014
1st Road race, Central American and Caribbean Games
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
5th Overall Tour Femenino de San Luis
1st Young rider classification
7th Road race, Pan American Road Championships
2015
1st Road race, Pan American Road Championships
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
2nd Road race
2nd Road race, Pan American Games
2016
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
2017
1st Overall Tour Internacional Femenino de Uruguay
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
1st Overall Vuelta Femenina a San Juan
1st Stages 1, 2, 3 (ITT) & 4
1st Overall Armed Forces Association Cycling Classic
1st Stage 1
1st Overall Intelligentsia Cup
1st Stages 1, 2, 6, 7, 9 & 10
1st Wilmington Grand Prix
North Star Grand Prix
1st Stages 4 & 6
1st Stage 9 Tour of America's Dairyland
3rd Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
2018
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
5th Road race
Pan American Road Championships
3rd Road race
8th Time trial
2021
1st Time trial, Pan American Road Championships
2023
1st Stage 1 Redlands Bicycle Classic
2nd Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
1st Stage 2
8th Overall Joe Martin Stage Race
1st Stage 4
10th Overall Tour of the Gila
1st Stage 2
2024
Tour of the Gila
1st Points classification
1st Stage 2
1st Stages 1 (ITT) & 3 Tucson Bicycle Classic
2nd Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race
1st Stage 3
2nd Tour de Gatineau

Track

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2010
3rd Individual pursuit, UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships
2011
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Omnium, Pan American Games
2012
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Individual pursuit
2013
Pan American Track Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
Copa Cuba de Pista
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit (with Yudelmis Domínguez, Yumari González and Arlenis Sierra)
2014
Central American and Caribbean Games
1st Individual pursuit
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit (with Yudelmis Domínguez, Yumari González and Arlenis Sierra)
1st Team sprint (with Lisandra Guerra)
Copa Cuba de Pista
1st Omnium
1st Scratch
3rd Points race
2nd Omnium, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Guadalajara
Pan American Track Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Omnium
2nd Team pursuit (with Yudelmis Domínguez, Yoanka González and Yumari González)
3rd Team sprint (with Lisandra Guerra)
2015
1st Omnium, Copa Cuba de Pista
Pan American Games
2nd Team sprint (with Lisandra Guerra)
3rd Omnium
2016
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Individual pursuit
Copa Cuba de Pista
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit (with Iraida Garcia Ocasio, Maylin Sánchez and Claudia Barco)
3rd Scratch
2017
Pan American Track Championships
2nd Scratch
3rd Team pursuit
2018
Central American and Caribbean Games
1st Team pursuit (with Yudelmis Domínguez, Maylin Sánchez and Arlenis Sierra)
1st Scratch
1st Individual pursuit
Pan American Track Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Scratch
3rd Points race

References

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  1. ^ "Marlies Mejias Garcia". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Women's Omnium". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 4 April 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
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