Polona Batagelj
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- Šempeter pri Gorici, SFR Yugoslavia
- (now Slovenia)
.jpg) Batagelj at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Polona Batagelj |
| Born | 7 June 1989
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| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
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| Professional teams | |
| 2010–2011 | Bizkaia–Durango |
| 2012 | Diadora–Pasta Zara |
| 2013 | Bizkaia–Durango |
| 2014–2018 | BTC City Ljubljana |
| Managerial team | |
| 2019 | BTC City Ljubljana (directeur sportif) |
Polona Batagelj (born 7 June 1989) is a Slovenian former road bicycle racer,[1] who rode professionally between 2010 and 2018 for the Diadora–Pasta Zara, Bizkaia–Durango (two spells) and BTC City Ljubljana squads. She most recently worked as a directeur sportif for her final professional team, UCI Women's Team BTC City Ljubljana. She won the Slovenian National Road Race Championships nine times,[2] successively between 2010 and 2018.
She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Women's road race,[3][4] finishing 22nd.[4] At the 2016 Olympics, she finished in 32nd in the women's road race.[4] She was on the start list for 2018 European Road Cycling Championships and finished 27th.
In 2020, Batagelj completed her Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Law at the Nova univerza, having previously completed Bachelor of Arts (BA) and Master of Arts (MA) degrees at the European Faculty of Law.[5]
