Kerrie Meares Explained

Kerrie Meares
Fullname:Kerrie Meares
Birth Date:1982 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Blackwater, Australia
Weight:69kg (152lb)
Discipline:Track
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter

Kerrie Meares (born 4 September 1982 in Blackwater) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, and the older sister of Olympic Champion, Anna Meares. Kerrie and Anna watched the 1994 Commonwealth Games (that took place in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) on television, where they saw Australian racing cyclist (Kathy Watt) compete, prompting them to try the sport.[1]

In 2002 and after winning 2 x Commonwealth Games Gold Medals in Manchester, Meares was awarded the Queensland Sportswoman of the Year. Later that year, she was awarded the Peter Lacey award, an award bestowed on Queensland Academy of Sport athletes who have achieved great international success as well as being an ambassador for their sport.[2] Meares went on to win further medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in both the 500m Time Trial and Match Sprint in Melbourne, but retired before a third consecutive games in Delhi, India.[3]

As a Junior athlete, Meares was extremely successful breaking numerous State and National records in Sprint discipline events. She was a contender for the 2004 Olympic team, but pulled out from competition due to nagging back injuries, suffered during numerous crashes that occurred during competitions earlier that year.[4]

Meares retired from professional track cycling in 2007 and married former compatriot and sportswoman Emily Rosemond. Post retirement from cycling, Kerrie and her wife Emily started the Track Cycling Academy based in Brisbane and online.[5]

Honours

Career highlights

1999
  • 2nd 500m TT, World Track Championships - Junior
  • 3rd Scratch Race, Oceania Games, Sydney
    2000
  • 1st 500m TT, World Track Championships - Junior
    2002
  • 3rd 500m TT, World Track Championships, Copenhagen
  • 2nd Sprint, World Track Championships, Copenhagen
  • 1st Team Sprint, Sydney
  • 1st 500m TT, Commonwealth Games, Manchester
  • 1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Manchester
    2003
  • 2nd Keirin, Sydney
    2004
  • 1st 500m TT, Oceania Games, Melbourne
  • 1st Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
  • 1st Keirin, Oceania Games, Melbourne
    2005
  • 2nd 500m TT, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
  • 2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
  • 3rd Keirin, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
  • 3rd Sprint, Oceania Games, Wanganui
  • 2nd 500m TT, Oceania Games, Wanganui
  • 1st Keirin, Oceania Games, Wanganui
    2006
  • 2nd 500m TT, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
  • 1st Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
  • 2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
  • 1st Keirin, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide[6]
  • 3rd 500m TT, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
  • 3rd Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
  • 1st Team Sprint, Sydney
  • 2nd 500m TT, Oceania Games, Melbourne
  • 1st Sprint, Oceania Games, Melbourne
  • 1st Keirin, Oceania Games, Melbourne
    2007
  • 1st Team Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
  • 1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships, Sydney
  • 2nd Sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships, Invercargill
  • 1st Team Sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships, Invercargill
  • 2nd Team Sprint, Sydney
    2008
  • 3rd Team Sprint, Los Angeles
    2009
  • 1st Keirin, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide[6]

    Personal life

    Kerrie Meares grew up close to Rockhampton in a suburb called Gracemere. Kerrie and Olympic sister Anna Meares now have streets named after them.[7]

    Following retirement from cycling, via the Adelaide Advertiser Kerrie announced her marriage to Olympic speed-skater Emily Rosemond in 2015.[8]

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Anna Meares | Olympic Medals, Accident, Injury, Family, Sister, & Chef de Mission | Britannica . 17 August 2024 .
    2. Web site: Red hot Rice grabs another gong. Moore. Tony. 2008-11-12. Brisbane Times. en. 2018-10-23.
    3. News: Meares Sisters and Pendleton rivalry Commonwealth Games Australia. 2017-07-31. Commonwealth Games Australia. 2018-10-23. en-AU.
    4. Web site: Anna Meares outsprints sister Kerrie. 2005-02-12. The Sydney Morning Herald. en. 2018-10-23.
    5. News: Kerrie Meares: The Next Chapter. Cycling. 2018-10-23. en.
    6. News: Kerrie Meares claims Keirin gold . Gennie . Sheer . 7 February 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217190023/http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/news/391/kerrie-meares-claims-keirin-gold . 17 February 2015 .
    7. Web site: LIST GROWS: Famous people you didn't know hail from Rocky. Rockhampton Morning Bulletin. 2016-05-16.
    8. Web site: Love at Track. Hook. Ben. 2016-05-08. Love at track. The Advertiser.

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