Katrin Garfoot Explained
Katrin Garfoot (born 8 October 1981) is a German-born Australian former cyclist who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the road time trial.[1] [2] [3] She started cycle racing in 2011, three years after moving to Australia, having previously competed in athletics up to junior level.[4] In addition to this, Katrin was a teacher at Southport State High School on the Gold Coast.
At the 2016 UCI Road World Championships she won the bronze medal in the women's time trial, 8 seconds behind the winner Amber Neben. In the 2017 road world championships, Garfoot became the second Australian after Anna Wilson to achieve two individual medals at the same road world championships, with a bronze in the individual time trial and a silver in the road race. She completed the three-peat in the 2018 national time trial championships, two and a half minutes clear of second place over the 29.5 km course.
After three and a half years signed with the Orica–AIS UCI women's team, Garfoot confirmed that she would not re-sign with the Orica in 2018, choosing to focus on family life in Australia while keeping her local Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast as a focus.[5] In 2018, Katrin will represent the Queensland Academy of Sport on the road and in the velodrome, and was selected as a part of the Cycling Australia national team to race at UCI international road races in Australia.[6] [7]
On 12 July 2018, Garfoot announced her retirement from professional cycling.[1]
Major results
- 2012
2nd Overall Canberra Women's Tour
6th Overall Battle on the Border
7th Overall Santos North Western Tour
8th Noosa GP
- 2013
Oceania Road Cycling Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
1st Overall Tour of the Murray River
1st Stages 2 (ITT), 4 & 5
1st Overall Sam Miranda Tour of the King Valley
1st Stage 1
1st Overall Mersey Valley Tour
1st Noosa GP
2nd Overall Santos North West Tour
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall National Capital Tour
4th Overall Battle on the Border
6th Overall Tour of the Goldfields
1st Stages 1, 2 & 4
6th Overall Shipwreck Coast Classic
1st Stage 1 (ITT)
6th Overall Jarvis Subaru Adelaide Tour
- 2014
2nd Overall Gracia–Orlová
3rd Time trial, Commonwealth Games
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
4th Time trial
3rd Chrono Champenois
Oceania Road Cycling Championships
4th Time trial
5th Road race
4th Overall Tour of Zhoushan Island
1st Mountains classification
8th Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
- 2015
Oceania Road Cycling Championships
1st Time trial
3rd Road race
UCI Road World Championships
4th Time trial
7th Team time trial
4th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du Cyclisme Féminin Elsy Jacobs
4th Giro del Trentino Alto Adige-Südtirol
5th Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
6th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
1st Stage 3
7th Holland Hills Classic
8th Crescent Women World Cup Vårgårda TTT
- 2016
Oceania Road Cycling Championships
1st Time trial
4th Road race
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
4th Road race
1st Overall Women's Tour Down Under
1st Stage 1
1st Chrono Champenois
1st Launceston Cycling Classic
2nd Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs
2nd Noosa GP
3rd Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
4th Overall Ladies Tour of Qatar
1st Stage 2
4th Overall Auensteiner–Radsporttage
4th Dwars door de Westhoek
6th Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite
8th GP de Plouay – Bretagne
8th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
8th Holland Hills Classic
8th Time trial, Omloop van Borsele
9th Time trial, Olympic Games
- 2017
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
1st Road race
UCI Road World Championships
2nd Road race
3rd Time trial
3rd Overall Emakumeen Euskal Bira
1st Stage 3
4th Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
4th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
7th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
7th Strade Bianche
9th La Flèche Wallonne Féminine
- 2018
1st Time trial, Commonwealth Games
National Road Championships
1st Time trial
5th Road race
2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships
3rd Overall Women's Tour Down Under
1st Sprints classification
1st Stage 2
4th Overall Women's Herald Sun TourSee also
Notes and References
- News: Katrin Garfoot Announces Retirement. 12 July 2018. Australian Cycling Team. 12 July 2018.
- Web site: James Buckley . New Australian Katrin Garfoot stands proudly with a cycling bronze medal . Smh.com.au . 2014-07-31 . 2014-08-06.
- News: Katrin Garfoot's progression rewarded with Games bronze medal. The Australian. 1 August 2014.
- Web site: Garfoot targets gold at Rio 2016 Olympics time trial . Ryan . Barry . 2 February 2016 . . 2 February 2016.
- News: Rook. Anne-Marije. Katrin Garfoot not choosing between a baby or Olympics: "I want both". 18 January 2018. Ella Cycling Tips. 3 November 2017.
- News: GARFOOT COMPLETES TIME TRIAL HATTRICK AS MANLY CLAIMS U23 CROWN. 18 January 2018. Cycling Australia. 5 January 2018.
- News: UNISA-AUSTRALIA WOMEN’S TEAM SET TO SIZZLE IN AUSTRALIAN SUMMER OF CYCLING OPENER. 18 January 2018. Cycling Australia. 28 December 2017.
