Katie Mactier (born 23 March 1975 in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

) is an Australian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

. She began racing in 1999 at 24 and was an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

scholarship holder. She was educated at

Wesley College, Melbourne , motto_translation = Dare To Be Wise , slogan = A ''True'' Education (2010 – Present) , established = 18 January 1866 , type = Independent, day & boarding , gender ...

. She is a member of the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her 2 Children, Charlie & Lachie. She won the pursuit at the 2005 world championship, the 2005 World Cup and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. At the

Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of 18 events in three disciplines: *Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre (start and finish at Kotzia Square, for the road race events) and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre (for the time ...

Mactier broke the world record in the heats in the pursuit, but

Sarah Ulmer Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer (born 14 March 1976) is a former Olympic cyclist. She is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal, which she won in the 3km individual pursuit at the 2004 Athens Olympics setting a world record. Afte ...

set a new record in the final, relegating her to a

silver medal A silver medal in sports and other similar areas involving competition is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc ...

. In 2001 Mactier won in the national road championship. In 2002/2003 she was the Australian pursuit champion, and second in the 2003 world pursuit championship. She was 2003 and 2005 Australian Female Track Cyclist of the Year. She was a favourite in the pursuit at the

2008 Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

but ended seventh overall after being defeated by eventual winner

Rebecca Romero Rebecca Jayne Romero, MBE (born 24 January 1980) is an English sportswoman, a former World Champion and Olympic Games silver medallist at rowing, and a former World champion and an Olympic champion track cyclist. Early life and education Romero ...

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in her qualifying round.

Palmarès

;2001 :1st MaillotAustralia

Australian National Road Race Championships The Australian National Road Race Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of bicycle rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event also includes the Australian National Time Trial Championships since 2002. The Australia ...

:1st Valdengo-Biella :1st Sprint Classification Skilled Bay Series ;2003 :1st Trofeo Guareschi :1st Overall

Nature Valley Grand Prix The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is on ...

:1st Overall

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, also known as the Longsjo Classic, was an annual bicycle race held in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. The race began in 1960 as the Arthur M. Longsjo Jr Memorial Race, in honor of Art Longsjo. History Th ...

:1st Stage 3 Geelong Women's Tour :1st Pursuit,

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 ...

:2nd Pursuit,

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

:2nd Road World Cup Geelong :2nd Overall Geelong Women's Tour :2nd T-Mobile International ;2004 :1st Pursuit,

:1st Stage 1 Geelong Tour :2nd Olympic Individual Pursuit (silver medal) :2nd Pursuit,

:2nd Overall Geelong Tour :1st Pursuit,

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

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;2005 :1st Pursuit,

:1st Pursuit,

:1st Pursuit Oceania Titles ;2006 :1st Pursuit,

:1st Jayco Bay Cycling Classic AUS :1st Gold medal blank

Individual Pursuit,

2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...

3:30.290; :1st Pursuit,

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

;2007 :3rd Pursuit,

:1st

:1st Pursuit,

Beijing } Beijing ( ; ; ), alternatively romanized as Peking ( ), is the capital of the People's Republic of China. It is the center of power and development of the country. Beijing is the world's most populous national capital city, with over 21 ...

:1st Oceania Individual Pursuit :1st Stage 1 Mount Hood Cycling Classic :1st Stage 2 Mount Hood Cycling Classic :2nd Stage 6 Mount Hood Cycling Classic :2nd Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix :3rd Stage 4 Mount Hood Cycling Classic ;2008 :1st Prelude, 2008 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (cat. 1) :4th

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place at the Manchester Velodrome in Manchester, United Kingdom from 26 to 30 March 2008. Eighteen events were scheduled; the women's team pur ...

Sources

External links

Australian Cycling Federation ProfileCyclingnews.com 2007 Australian Open Road ChampionshipsKatie Mactier's website2008 Olympic Results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mactier, Katie 1975 births Living people Australian female cyclists Olympic cyclists for Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia People educated at Wesley College (Victoria) Sportswomen from Victoria (state) Olympic medalists in cycling Australian Institute of Sport cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Australian track cyclists 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women Cyclists from Melbourne Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games