Kaarle McCulloch (born 20 January 1988) is an Australian former professional
track cyclist
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History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
and four time World Champion in the team sprint. She also won three golds at the
Commonwealth Games
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and an Olympic bronze medal.
She qualified for the
Tokyo 2020 Olympics
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Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...
and rode in two events, the Women's Keirin where she came ninth, and the Women's Sprint where she came thirteenth.
Early years
McCulloch grew up in
Gymea New South Wales. She was a promising middle-distance runner and won middle-distance championships in the 400 metres and 800 metres events when she was 14,15 and 16.
When she was 17 her motivation in track and field waned and she turned to cycling to reinvigorate her Olympic dream. Her step-father Ken Bates introduced her to track cycling. She rose through the ranks quickly eventually competing at the UCI Junior Track World Championships.
McCulloch honed her cycling skills at the St George Cycling Club where she was supported by her sporting family. Each of the McCulloch siblings pursued their own sporting dreams. Her younger sister,
Abbey McCulloch, is a netball player. She captained
New South Wales Swifts
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.
Kaarle and Abbey both attended
Endeavour Sports High School
Endeavour Sports High School (abbreviated as ESHS) is a government-funded co-educational comprehensive and specialist secondary day school, with speciality in sports, located in Caringbah, a southern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australi ...
.
Her younger brother Jack also rode for St George Cycling Club.
Achievements
McCulloch was part of the Australian sprint team that won bronze at the
2012 Summer Olympics.
At the
2010 Commonwealth Games
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she won a gold medal in the Team sprint and a silver medal in the 500m Time Trial.
McCulloch took a break from cycling following the London Olympics due a knee injury, missing the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In 2016 she missed selection for the Rio Olympics due to a contentious decision to send former teammate
Anna Meares.
McCulloch returned for the 2018 Commonwealth Games winning Gold in the 500m Time Trial and Team Sprint and Silver in the Keiran and Bronze in the Sprint.
She retired from competition in November 2021.
She has a university degree in
Personal Development, Health and Physical Education
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(PDHPE) teaching.
In February 2022 she was appointed as Podium Women’s Sprint Coach for the
Great Britain Cycling Team
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, replacing
Jan van Eijden
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, who left the role in November 2021.
Palmarès
;2006
:
Australian National Track Championships
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Men Senior
Team Pursuit
Team Sprint
Madison
Junior
...
– Juniors
::1st 500m Time Trial
::1st Sprint
::3rd Keirin
:2nd Team Sprint,
Australian National Track Championships
The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories.
Men Senior
Team Pursuit
Team Sprint
Madison
Junior
...
,
Adelaide
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– Elite
:3rd Track World Championships,
Ghent
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– Juniors
:Oceania Games
::3rd 500m Time Trial
::3rd Sprint, Oceania Games
;2007
:2nd Team Sprint,
World Cup
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,
Los Angeles
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:
Australian National Track Championships
The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories.
Men Senior
Team Pursuit
Team Sprint
Madison
Junior
...
::3rd 500m Time Trial
::2nd Team Sprint
:Oceania Cycling Championships
::3rd Sprint
::1st Keirin
::1st Team Sprint
:1st 500m Time Trial, European Championship
:2nd Team Sprint,
World Cup
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Sydney
;2008
:3rd Team Sprint,
World Cup
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,
Los Angeles
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;2009
:1st Team Sprint (with
Anna Meares),
2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics,
Manchester
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:1st Team sprint,
2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking The 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Ranking is an overview of the UCI Track Cycling World Ranking, based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked trac ...
;2010
:1st Team Sprint, Track World Championships
:
Commonwealth Games
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::1st Team Sprint
::2nd 500m Time Trial
;2011
:1st Team Sprint (with
Anna Meares), UCI Track World Championships
;2012
:3rd Team Sprint, Olympic Games
:2nd Team Sprint (with
Anna Meares), UCI Track World Championships
;2013
:2nd Sprint, Invercargill
;2014
:Oceania Track Championships
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
Team Sprint (with
Stephanie Morton)
::3rd Sprint
;2015
:Oceania Track Championships
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
Sprint
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
500m Time Trial
:2nd Sprint, Super Drome Cup
:Melbourne Cup on Wheels
::3rd Keirin
::3rd Sprint
;2016
: Oceania Track Championships
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
Sprint
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
500m time trial
:ITS Melbourne DISC Grand Prix
::2nd Keirin
::3rd Sprint
:3rd Sprint, ITS Melbourne Grand Prix
;2017
:Oceania Track Championships
::1st
![OceaniaChampionJersey](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/OceaniaChampionJersey.png)
Team Sprint (with
Stephanie Morton)
::2nd Sprint
:2nd Team Sprint, UCI World Track Championships (with
Stephanie Morton)
:US Sprint GP
::2nd Keirin
::3rd Sprint
:2nd Sprint, ITS Melbourne – DISC Grand Prix
:ITS Melbourne – Hisense Grand Prix
::2nd Sprint
::2nd Keirin
:Austral
::3rd Keirin
::3rd Sprint
:3rd Keirin, Fastest Man on Wheels
:3rd Sprint, Keirin Cup / Madison Cup
;2018
:
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...
::1st Team Sprint (with
Stephanie Morton)
::1st 500m Time Trial
::2nd Keirin
::3rd Sprint
References
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Australian female cyclists
Sportswomen from New South Wales
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)
Australian Institute of Sport cyclists
Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists of Australia
Olympic medalists in cycling
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Sydney
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
People educated at Endeavour Sports High School
Australian track cyclists
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Australian cycling coaches