Keely Shaw

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Keely Shaw
Personal information
Born (1994-07-18) July 18, 1994 (age 27)
Midale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Team information
DisciplineTrack cycling
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Women's track cycling
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Women's pursuit C4
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Women's pursuit C4

Keely Shaw (born July 18, 1994) is a Canadian track cyclist. She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Paralympics, in Women's individual pursuit C4 winning a bronze medal[1].[2]

Career[]

She graduated from University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology. She then went on to complete a Master's degree at the University of Saskatchewan in the area of exercise physiology and sport nutrition with a thesis titled "The Effect of Dark Chocolate on Metabolism and Performance in Trained Cyclists at Simulated Altitude".[3] She continued her education with a Ph. D. in exercise physiology and sport nutrition with a special focus on sport nutrition for special populations, namely female, master's, and Paralympic athletes.

Keely began her cycling career in 2017 and made a quick jump to the National team, earning a 5th place in the Individual pursuit in the women's C4 category at Paracycling Track World Championships in 2018 before earning her first World Championship podium in 2019 at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships.[4][5] In 2021 Keely made her Paralympics debut, where she won a bronze medal in the Women's C4 individual time trial with a time of 3:48.342[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Keely Shaw races to Canada's first medal of Tokyo Paralympics, a cycling bronze". Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  2. ^ "Keely Shaw earns bronze medal in her Paralympic debut". Canadian Cycling Magazine. 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  3. ^ Shaw, K., Singh, J., Sirant, L., Neary, J. P., & Chilibeck, P. D. (2020). "Effect of Dark Chocolate Supplementation on Tissue Oxygenation, Metabolism, and Performance in Trained Cyclists at Altitude". 30 (6): 420–426. PMID 32916656. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Shaw | Canadian Paralympic Committee". paralympic.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  5. ^ "Getting to Know Paracyclist Keely Shaw". Shred Girls. 2021-05-29. Retrieved 2021-08-25.
  6. ^ Deibert, Dave. "Saskatoon's Keely Shaw pedals to Paralympic bronze in track cycling". Saskatoon Star Phoenix. Retrieved Aug 26, 2021.
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