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
Cycling career
SportCycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2018UCI WCC Women's Team
Professional teams
2019WCC Team
2021WCC Team

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

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. 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. 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.

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.