Amanda Spratt

Amanda Spratt
Personal information
Nickname Spratty
Born (1987-09-17) 17 September 1987
Penrith, New South Wales
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb)
Team information
Current team Orica-AIS
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
- Penrith Cycling Club
Professional team(s)
2012- Orica-AIS[1]
Infobox last updated on
6 July 2012

Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, in which she finished outside the time limit. In 2016 she won the Australian national road race championships in Bunninyong Victoria, making her the Australian national champion.

Personal

Nicknamed Spratty, Spratt was born on 17 September 1987 in Penrith, New South Wales, which is a suburb of Sydney. She went to Springwood Public School before going to Blue Mountains Grammar School for high school.[2] From 2007 to 2008, she attended Charles Sturt University where she earned a University Certificate in Business. As of 2012, she lives in Springwood, New South Wales.[3][4][5][6]

Spratt is 161 centimetres (63 in) tall and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb).[7]

Cycling

Spratt is a road cyclist who began competitive cycling when she was twelve years old. She has been coached by Martin Barras since 2009 and is also coached by Gary Sutton.[7] Her primary training base is in Australia's Blue Mountains region, with a secondary training base in Varase, Italy where she lives eight months a year.[4] She is a member of the Penrith Cycling Club. She cycles professionally for Team Jayco AIS.[2][3][5][6] She has held a cycling scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Institute of Sport.[2][7]

Her first international race was at the 2004 World Junior Track Championships in the United States.[2] She competed at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. She competed at the 2004 Junior Road World Championships in Italy. She missed most of the 2009 cycling season because of a back injury. She competed at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[3] She finished eleventh at the 2011 Giro di Toscana Femminile in Italy. She finished fourth at the 2011 Sweden World Cup teams time trial in Vårgårda, Sweden. She finished first at the 2011 Tour de Feminine Krasna Lipa in the Czech Republic. She finished eighth at the 2011 Women's Tour of New Zealand. She finished first in the road race and fourth in the individual time trial at the 2012 Australia Road National Championships in Buninyong, Australia.[6] She finished second at the 2012 Jayco Bay Classic in Victoria, Australia.[5] She finished fourth at the 2012 Ronde van Gelderland in the Netherlands. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, her first Olympics.[4][7] She finished outside the time limit.[8]

Performance

YearCompetitionLocationPosition
2004 World Junior Track ChampionshipsUnited States-[2]
2004 Commonwealth Youth Games--
2004 Junior Road World ChampionshipsItaly-
2010 UCI Road World Championships--[3]
2011 Giro di Toscana FemminileItaly11th
2011 Sweden World Cup teams time trialVårgårda, Sweden4th
2011 Tour de Feminine Krasna LipaCzech Republic1st
2011 Women's Tour of New ZealandNew Zealand8th
2012 Australia Road National ChampionshipsBuninyong, AustraliaRoad race: 1st
Individual time trial: 4th[6]
2012 Jayco Bay ClassicVictoria, Australia2nd[5]
2012 Ronde van GelderlandGelderland, The Netherlands4th
2012 Olympic road race London Over time limit[8]
2015 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Geelong, Australia 4th[9]
2015 Ladies Tour of Norway Norway 3rd
2016 Santos Women's Tour South Australia 7th[10]
2016 Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race Geelong, Australia 1st[11]
2016 Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria Durango, Biscay 6th[12]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amanda Spratt". GreenEDGE. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Amanda Spratt". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Amanda Spratt". Team Jayco AIS. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  4. 1 2 3 Georgakopoulos, Chris. "Amanda Spratt set to take it up a gear in London". Penrith Press. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Cleggett, Michael (6 June 2012). "Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt eyes off Olympic berth". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Cleggett, Michael (11 January 2012). "Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt seals national road title". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "London 2012 - Amanda Spratt". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
  8. 1 2 "Women's Road Race: Results". london2012.com. 29 July 2012.
  9. ↑ Woodpower, Zeb (31 January 2015). "Neylan wins inaugural women's Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  10. ↑ Braverman, Jessi (19 January 2016). "Katrin Garfoot wins the Santos Women's Tour". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  11. ↑ "Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race: Amanda Spratt leads Orica AIS one-two". cyclingnews.com. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  12. ↑ "Guarnier wins Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria". cyclingnews.com. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.

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