Katie Prankerd Explained

Katie Prankerd
Fullname:Catherine Rachel Prankerd
Birth Name:Catherine Rachel Curtis
Birth Date:1988 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Cardiff, Wales
Height:1.640NaN0[1]
Weight:64kg (141lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Endurance
Amateuryears1: 
Amateurteam1:Maindy Flyers
Amateuryears2: 
Amateurteam2:Cardiff Ajax
Amateuryears3:2007
Amateurteam3:Team Global Racing
Amateuryears4:2008
Amateurteam4:Team Halfords Bikehut
Amateuryears5:2009
Amateurteam5:Vision1 Racing
Amateuryears6:2010–2013
Amateurteam6:Cardiff Jif
Amateuryears7:2017
Proyears1:2014
Proteam1:Starley Primal[2]
Proyears2:2016
Majorwins: British Champion Junior x2
Welsh Champion

Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (née Curtis; born 1 November 1988) is a Welsh former professional road and track cyclist.

Career

Born in Cardiff,[3] 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 5km (03miles) Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Alex Greenfield, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set at the Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004.[4] They also held the 10km (10miles) 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 Team Halfords Bikehut before moving to Vision1 Racing in 2009.

Prankerd suffered a setback to her cycling career when she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Subsequently, she took up a coaching role at the Wales National Velodrome 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.[5] Prankerd subsequently rode solo, representing Wales in the scratch race, where she finished 7th.[6]

Major results

Track

2003
  • 3rd Scratch, National Youth Championships
    2004
  • National Youth Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Scratch
  • 2nd Sprint
  • 3rd Scratch, National Junior Championships
  • Commonwealth Youth Games
  • 4th 500m time trial
  • 7th Points race
    2005
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Scratch
  • 2nd Points race
  • 3rd Sprint
  • 3rd Keirin, National Championships
    2006
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 2nd Scratch
  • National Championships
  • 2nd Scratch
  • 3rd Points race
    2007
  • 1st WCRA 'Derny Paced' Championships
  • National Championships
  • 2nd Points race
  • 3rd Derny
  • 3rd Scratch
  • 8th Scratch, UCI Track World Championships
    2013
  • Newport International Cup
  • 3rd Female B 3km Individual pursuit (with Nia Knight)[7]
  • 7th Female B 1km Time trial (with Nia Knight)
  • 9th Tandem B road race, UCI Paracycling World Cup round 5, Matane (with Nia Knight)[8]
    2014
  • 7th Scratch, Commonwealth Games[9]
    2015
  • Revolution Round 6, Manchester
  • 2nd Points race
  • 2nd Scratch
    2017
  • 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships

    Road

    2003
  • 2nd Criterium, National Junior Road Championships
    2004
  • 1st Criterium, National Junior Road Championships
    2007
  • 1st Road race, Welsh Road Championships
  • 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
    2013
  • 2nd Tandem, National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships (with Nia Knight)[10]
    2014
  • 1st Newport Nocturne[11]
  • 5th Milk Race[12]
  • 8th Cheshire Classic[13]
    2015
  • 3rd Women's Tour de Yorkshire[14]
  • 3rd Milk Race[15]
  • 5th Cheshire Classic[16]
  • 9th London Nocturne

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Katie Curtis: Biography. Glasgow 2014. 28 July 2014.
    2. Web site: Thank you @cardiffjif for all... . Curtis . Katie . 22 March 2014 . Twitter. 22 May 2014.
    3. Web site: Profile. British Cycling. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080104013235/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Curtis_Katie_Bio.asp. 4 January 2008.
    4. Web site: A New Record. 20 December 2007. 30 October 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071030052131/http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.pressrelease&contentid=N_037888. dead.
    5. Web site: Knight and Curtis come together to form the perfect partnership . Baker . Gary . 22 September 2013 . . 22 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522232819/http://www.welshsports.org.uk/news/index.asp?action=goNews&naction=viewArticle&category=9&uID=&ID=3003 . 22 May 2014 .
    6. Web site: Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow . Wales Online . 9 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041017/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/commonwealth-games-2014-olympic-champion-7234116 . 8 August 2014 .
    7. Web site: Newport International Cup (C1 – Paracycling). . 22 May 2014.
    8. Web site: UCI Paracycling World Cup #5 – Matane. British Cycling. 22 May 2014.
    9. Web site: Bronze for Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker . Penman . Andrew. 26 July 2014 . . 28 July 2014.
    10. Web site: BC National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships . . 22 May 2014.
    11. Web site: The Newport Nocturne . British Cycling. 6 September 2014.
    12. Web site: The Milk Race 2014 . British Cycling. 11 June 2014.
    13. Web site: 2014 Cheshire Classic Results . Wood . Andy . 27 April 2014 . cheshireclassic.co.uk . 22 May 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140513063453/http://www.cheshireclassic.co.uk/2014-cheshire-classic-results/ . 13 May 2014 .
    14. Web site: Louise Mahé wins Tour de Yorkshire women’s race . Abraham . Richard . 2 May 2015 . . 2 May 2015.
    15. Web site: The Milk Race . . 28 May 2015.
    16. Web site: Victory for Sarah Storey in Women's Road Series . Williams . Huw. 26 April 2015 . . 2 May 2015.

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