Karen Margaret Holliday (née Erikson, born 12 February 1966) is a former New Zealand
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
.
Biography
Holliday was born Karen Margaret Erikson in
Nelson
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on 12 February 1966, and was educated at
Nelson College for Girls
, motto_translation = Loyalty, honesty and wisdom
, type = State secondary, day and boarding
, established = 1883; years ago
, address = Trafalgar St
, city = Nels ...
. In 1985, she married Daryl Holliday, and the couple went on to have three children.
Holliday won the world title in the women's points race at the
1991 New Year Honours
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, Holliday was appointed a
Member of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
, for services to cycling. She was named as New Zealand sportswoman of the year for 1990 at the
Halberg Awards
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.
She was inducted into the
New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
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