Carla Shibley
Canadian para-cyclist
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Carla Shibley (born September 19, 1990) is a Canadian para-cyclist. She won four medals at the 2019 Parapan American Games and was named one of Canada's flag bearers for the Closing Ceremony.
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| Born | September 19, 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Early life
Shibley was diagnosed with Stargardt disease at age 10, leading to her vision loss.[1]
Career
Shibley originally got into adaptive sport through running and goalball. She began para-cycling in 2015.[1]
Shibley competed in para-cycling at the 2019 Parapan American Games with pilot Meghan Lemiski. They won gold medals in the women's tandem road race and women's tandem individual pursuit, a silver in the women's 1,000-metre tandem time trial, and a bronze medal in the mixed tandem time trial. She was named a Closing Ceremony flag bearer for Canada at the Games.[2]
Shibley and Lemiski won the 2021 Canada Paracycling National Championship in women's tandem.[3] They came second in the women's tandem time trial.[4] In 2023, Shibley and pilot Meghan Brown, placed tenth in the para road cycling world championships.[5] She won bronze, with Brown, in the women's tandem at the 2024 Para Cycling World Cup in Adelaide.[6]