Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (

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Curtis; born 1 November 1988) is a

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former professional

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and

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 ...

Career

Born in

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

, 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 Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with

Alex Greenfield Alexandra Greenfield (born 1990) is a Welsh former road and track cyclist from Barry. She began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax CC. Greenfield holds the record for the 5 km ...

, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set at the Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004. They also held the 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

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before moving to Vision1 Racing in 2009. Prankerd suffered a setback to her cycling career when she was diagnosed with

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. Subsequently, she took up a coaching role at the

Wales National Velodrome The Geraint Thomas National Velodrome, previously known as the Wales National Velodrome, in Newport, South Wales, is an indoor arena located in the Newport International Sports Village, Lliswerry. The Velodrome's facilities including a covered ...

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 The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. Prankerd subsequently rode solo, representing

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in the scratch race, where she finished 7th.

Major results

Track

;2003 : 3rd Scratch, National Youth Championships ;2004 : National Youth Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Points race ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Scratch ::2nd Sprint : 3rd Scratch, National Junior Championships :

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::4th 500m time trial ::7th Points race ;2005 : National Junior Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Scratch ::2nd Points race ::3rd Sprint : 3rd Keirin,

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;2006 : National Junior Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Points race ::2nd Scratch :

::2nd Scratch ::3rd Points race ;2007 : 1st WCRA 'Derny Paced' Championships :

::2nd Points race ::3rd

Derny A Derny is a motorized bicycle for motor-paced cycling events such as during six-day and Keirin racing and motor-paced road races. Some riders train behind a derny on the road. The Derny is so-called as it was originally produced by the Frenc ...

::3rd Scratch : 8th Scratch,

UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

;2013 : Newport International Cup ::3rd Female B 3km Individual pursuit (with Nia Knight) ::7th Female B 1km Time trial (with Nia Knight) : 9th Tandem B road race, UCI Paracycling World Cup round 5, Matane (with Nia Knight) ;2014 : 7th Scratch,

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;2015 : Revolution Round 6, Manchester ::2nd Points race ::2nd Scratch ;2017 : 3rd Team pursuit,

Road

;2003 : 2nd

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2004 : 1st MaillotReinoUnido

, National Junior Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Road race, Welsh Road Championships : 3rd

, National Road Championships ;2013 : 2nd Tandem, National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships (with Nia Knight) ;2014 : 1st Newport Nocturne : 5th Milk Race : 8th Cheshire Classic ;2015 : 3rd

Women's Tour de Yorkshire The Women's Tour de Yorkshire is a women's road cycling race in Yorkshire, England. From 2015 to 2017, the event was a one-day race. From 2018 onwards, the event has been a two-day event, with a UCI race classification of 2.1. The event is the ...

: 3rd Milk Race : 5th Cheshire Classic : 9th London Nocturne

References

External links

Profile on British Cycling website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Prankerd, Katie 1988 births Living people Welsh track cyclists Welsh female cyclists Sportspeople from Cardiff Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales