Desiet Kidane

Desiet Kidane
Kidane at the 2021 World Championships
Personal information
Born(2000-10-10)10 October 2000
Died8 November 2021(2021-11-08) (aged 21)
Asmara, Eritrea
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2018UCI WCC Women's Team
Professional teams
2019WCC Team
2021WCC Team

Desiet Kidane Teketse[1] (10 October 2000 – 8 November 2021) was an Eritrean professional racing cyclist,[2][3] who rode for UCI Women's Continental Team WCC Team.[4]

As a junior, she competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and was crowned the African junior champion in both the road race and time trial.[5][6] The following year, she won the Eritrean National Time Trial Championships and rode in the women's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Yorkshire, England.[7] She also won the bronze medal in the time trial at the African Road Championships that season.

She died in 2021 after being hit by a motorist while training in Asmara, Eritrea.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Desiet Kidane". Olympedia. OLYMadMen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Desiet Kidane". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  3. ^ TesfaNews (17 November 2018). "(Interview) // Desiet Kidane, Eritrea's Next Female Cycling Star". TesfaNews. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ "WCC Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Eritreans celebrate their passion for two wheels in Buenos Aires". olympics.com. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Eritrea: Champion of African Continental Cycling Championship". shabait.com. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  7. ^ "86th World Championships WE - Road Race (WC)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  8. ^ Stokes, Shane (9 November 2021). "Promising World Cycling Centre rider Desiet Kidane dies in training crash". Cycling News. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  9. ^ Dabbs, Ryan (9 November 2021). "21-year-old Eritrean professional cyclist dies after being hit by car". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 9 November 2021.


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