Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (née Curtis; born 1 November 1988) is a Welsh former professional road and track cyclist.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Catherine Rachel Prankerd |
| Born | Catherine Rachel Curtis 1 November 1988 Cardiff, Wales |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Endurance |
| Amateur teams | |
| Maindy Flyers | |
| Cardiff Ajax | |
| 2007 | Team Global Racing |
| 2008 | Team Halfords Bikehut |
| 2009 | Vision1 Racing |
| 2010–2013 | Cardiff Jif |
| 2017 | Storey Racing |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014 | Starley Primal[2] |
| 2016 | Podium Ambition Pro Cycling |
| Major wins | |
 British Champion Junior x2 Welsh Champion | |
Career
editBorn in Cardiff,[3] Prankerd began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax. Prankerd set the record for the 5-kilometre (3.1-mile) Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Alex Greenfield, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set at the Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004.[4] They also held the 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) Tandem Standing Start event on the track, with a time of 13 minutes 10.421 seconds. The record was also set at the Newport Velodrome, on 16 May 2006. In 2008 Prankerd rode with Team Halfords Bikehut before moving to Vision1 Racing in 2009.
Prankerd suffered a setback to her cycling career when she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Subsequently, she took up a coaching role at the Wales National Velodrome in Newport and teamed up with partially sighted cyclist Nia Knight with a view to competing in the tandem event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[5] Prankerd subsequently rode solo, representing Wales in the scratch race, where she finished 7th.[1][6]
Major results
editTrack
edit- 2003
- 3rd Scratch, National Youth Championships
- 2004
- National Youth Championships
- 1st
Points race - 1st Scratch
- 2nd Sprint
- 1st
- 3rd Scratch, National Junior Championships
- Commonwealth Youth Games
- 4th 500m time trial
- 7th Points race
- 2005
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Sprint
- 1st
- 3rd Keirin, National Championships
- 2006
- National Junior Championships
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 1st
- National Championships
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Points race
- 2007
- 1st WCRA 'Derny Paced' Championships
- National Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 3rd Derny
- 3rd Scratch
- 8th Scratch, UCI Track World Championships
- 2013
- Newport International Cup
- 9th Tandem B road race, UCI Paracycling World Cup round 5, Matane (with Nia Knight)[8]
- 2014
- 7th Scratch, Commonwealth Games[9]
- 2015
- Revolution Round 6, Manchester
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 2017
- 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships
Road
edit- 2003
- 2nd Criterium, National Junior Road Championships
- 2004
- 1st Criterium, National Junior Road Championships
- 2007
- 1st Road race, Welsh Road Championships
- 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2013
- 2nd Tandem, National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships (with Nia Knight)[10]
- 2014
- 1st Newport Nocturne[11]
- 5th Milk Race[12]
- 8th Cheshire Classic[13]
- 2015
- 3rd Women's Tour de Yorkshire[14]
- 3rd Milk Race[15]
- 5th Cheshire Classic[16]
- 9th London Nocturne
References
edit- ^ a b c "Katie Curtis: Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Curtis, Katie (22 March 2014). "Thank you @cardiffjif for all..." Twitter. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Profile". British Cycling. Archived from the original on 4 January 2008.
- ^ "A New Record". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 20 December 2007.
- ^ Baker, Gary (22 September 2013). "Knight and Curtis come together to form the perfect partnership". Welsh Sports Association. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow". Wales Online. 9 July 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Newport International Cup (C1 – Paracycling)". British Cycling. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "UCI Paracycling World Cup #5 – Matane". British Cycling. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Penman, Andrew (26 July 2014). "Bronze for Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ "BC National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ "The Newport Nocturne". British Cycling. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
- ^ "The Milk Race 2014". British Cycling. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ Wood, Andy (27 April 2014). "2014 Cheshire Classic Results". cheshireclassic.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- ^ Abraham, Richard (2 May 2015). "Louise Mahé wins Tour de Yorkshire women's race". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "The Milk Race". British Cycling. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
- ^ Williams, Huw (26 April 2015). "Victory for Sarah Storey in Women's Road Series". British Cycling. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
External links
edit- Profile on British Cycling website
- Katie Curtis at UCI
- Katie Curtis at ProCyclingStats
- Katie Curtis at Cycling Quotient
- Katie Curtis at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
