Katherine Bates Explained

Katherine Bates
Full Name:Katherine Linsey Bates
Nickname:"Kate" "Katey"
Birth Date:1982 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Sydney, Australia
Height:176cm
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Track & Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Track endurance, road sprint.
Proyears1:2002
Proteam1:Ondernemers van Nature
Proyears2:2003
Proteam2:Bik–Powerplate
Proyears3:2004
Proteam3:Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports
Proyears4:2005
Proteam4:Van Bemmelen–AA Drink
Proyears5:2006
Proteam5:Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
Proyears6:2007
Proteam6:T-Mobile Women
Proyears7:2010
Proteam7:Team Colavita Baci
Proyears8:2011
Proteam8:Abus – Nutrixxion
Majorwins:World Points Race Champion 2007Australian Road Race Champion 2006 Commonwealth Games Champion 2002, 2006

Katherine (Katey) Bates (born 18 May 1982 in Sydney[1]) is an Australian former track and road cyclist. A multiple national champion, Bates rode as a professional since 2002. Katey's career highlights included Australian Road Race Champion in 2006, World Points Race Champion in 2007 and Commonwealth Games champion in 2002 and 2006.

Bates competed in both track and road at the Olympic Games, finishing fourth in the individual pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics and sixth in the points race at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2] Bates retired in December 2011 due to injury.

Her sister, Natalie Bates, was also a professional racing cyclist.

She now co-runs Chicks Who Rides Bikes, a women's cycling organisation which supports women at all levels of cycling as well as working as a freelance television commentator and host. She has covered World Championships, Olympic Games, Tour de France and other National and World Tour cycling events for Network 7 and SBS Australia, where she hosts Tour de France preview show, Bonjour Le Tour.[3]

She co-hosts The Wheelhouse cycling podcast with Australian sports journalist Joel Spreadborough.[4]

Her spouse, Luke Miers, is a Walkley Award-winning camera-operator.[5]

Palmarès

2000
  • 2nd World Time Trial Championships, Plouay – Junior
    2001
  • 2nd Points Race, World Track Championships, Antwerp
  • 3rd Amstel Gold Race Netherlands
    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, 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, 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 INJURED – (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

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Katherine Bates Rider Profile. Cycling Australia. 24 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110228085457/http://cycling.org.au/default.asp?id=8778. 28 February 2011. dead.
    2. Web site: Beijing 2008 points race women - Olympic Beijing 2008 Cycling Track. olympic.org. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200122032654/https://www.olympic.org/beijing-2008/cycling-track/points-race-women. 2020-01-22. 2020-01-21.
    3. News: Hip injury forces Kate Bates to retire from cycling. 14 December 2011. 15 February 2012. Leo. Schlink. The Daily Telegraph.
    4. Web site: The Wheelhouse with Kate and Joel.
    5. Web site: Walkley Winners Archive. 2021-07-05. The Walkley Foundation.

    This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Katherine Bates".

    Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.