Katherine Bates

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Katherine Bates

Personal information

Full name

Katherine Linsey Bates

Nickname

"Kate"

Born

18 May 1982
Sydney, Australia

Team information

Current team

Retired

Discipline

Track & Road

Role

Rider

Professional team(s)

2002

Ondernemers van Nature

2003

Bik-Powerplate

2004

Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports

2005

Van Bemmelen-AA Drink

2006

Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung

2007

T-Mobile Women

2010

Team Colavita Baci

2011

Abus – Nutrixxion

Medal record

Track cycling
Competitor for Australia
Commonwealth Games
	2002 Manchester	Points Race
	2006 Melbourne	Points Race
	2002 Manchester	Individual Pursuit
	2006 Melbourne	Individual Pursuit
World Championship
	2007 Palma de Mallorca	Points Race
	2001 Antwerp	Points Race
	2005 Los Angeles	Scratch Race
	2005 Los Angeles	Individual Pursuit
	2011 Apeldoorn	Scratch
	2002 Copenhagen	Individual Pursuit
	2005 Los Angeles	Points Race
Oceania Championships
	2011 Adelaide	Scratch race
	2011 Adelaide	Team pursuit

Infobox last updated on
15 February 2012

Katherine Bates (born 18 May 1982 in Sydney^[1]) is a former Australian track and road cyclist. A multiple national champion, Bates has been riding as a professional since 2002. In 2007, she became the World Points Race Champion in track. Bates finished fourth in the individual pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics and sixth in the points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Bates retired in December 2011 due to injury and is working with SBS as a cycling commentator.^[2]

Palmarès

2000: 2nd World Time Trial Championships, Plouay – Junior

2001: 2nd Points Race, World Track Championships, Antwerp

2002: 3rd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships, Copenhagen; 1st Points Race, Commonwealth Games, Manchester; 2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Manchester

2003: 1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Moscow; 1st Overall, Geelong Tour, Australia; 2nd Australian Criterium Championships, Victoria

2004: 4th Individual Pursuit, 2004 Summer Olympics; 1st Stage 2, Vuelta a Castilla y León, Zamora; 1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Manchester; 1st Points Race, World Cup, Manchester; 2nd Stage 2, Geelong Tour, Australia; 3rd Overall, Geelong Tour, Australia

2005: 1st Points Race, World Cup, Manchester; 1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Manchester; 1st Scratch Race, World Cup, Manchester; 1st Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide; 1st Points Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide; 1st Scratch Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide; 2nd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships, Los Angeles; 2nd Scratch Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles; 3rd Points Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles

2006 (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung): 1st Australian National Road Race Championships, Mount Torrens; 1st Scratch Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide; 1st Points Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide; 2nd Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide; 1st Points Race, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne – defeated teammate Rochelle Gilmore; 2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne; 1st Stage 3, Le Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada; 1st Stage 4, Euregio Ladies Tour, Bilzen; 1st Stage 5, Bay Classic, Docklands; 1st Points Race, World Cup, Sydney; 1st Stage 1, Tri-Peaks Challenge USA; 1st Individual Pursuit Track World Cup, United Kingdom; 2nd Scratch Race Track World Cup, United Kingdom; 3rd Women's Road World Cup Geelong, Australia

2007: 1st Stage 1, 1st Stage 5 & 1st Final GC Bay Classic; 1st Points Race, World Track Championships, Palma de Mallorca; 3rd Points Race, Track World Cup, Beijing; 3rd Overall, Le Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada; 3rd Stage 1, International Thüringen Rundfahrt, Germany; 3rd Australian Criterium Championship, Queensland

2008: 6th Points race, 2008 Summer Olympics

2009 (Team Columbia-HTC 2009 season)

2010: 1st Scratch Race, Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Adelaide; 1st Women's Team Pursuit, Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Adelaide; 1st Women's Team Pursuit, Track World Cup, Melbourne

2011: 2nd Women's scratch, 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apeldoorn

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References

↑ "Katherine Bates Rider Profile". Cycling Australia.
↑ Schlink, Leo (14 December 2011). "Hip injury forces Kate Bates to retire from cycling". The Daily Telegraph (News Limited). Retrieved 15 February 2012.

External links

Katherine Bates profile at Cycling Archives
Katherine Bates, Cycling Australia
Profile on CycleBase
Gritty Bates pursues Games berth, The Age, 3 December 2010
Kate Bates to make cycling comeback, Sydney Morning Herald, 23 November 2010
Women's Team Pursuit, 2010–2011 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
ABC News 23 Feature, 3 December 2010

Australian National Road Race Champions (women)

1980–1999	Jane Smith-Slack (1989) Kathleen Shannon (1990–1991) Kathy Watt (1992–1994) Elizabeth Tadich (1995) Lynn Nixon (1996) Symenko Jochinke (1997) Kathy Watt (1998) Tracey Gaudry (1999)

2000–2019	Anna Millward (2000) Katie Mactier (2001) Margaret Hemsley (2002) Olivia Gollan (2003) Oenone Wood (2004) Lorian Graham (2005) Katherine Bates (2006) Katie Mactier (2007) Oenone Wood (2008) Carla Ryan (2009) Ruth Corset (2010) Alex Rhodes (2011) Amanda Spratt (2012) Gracie Elvin (2013–2014) Peta Mullens (2015) Amanda Spratt (2016)

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