Georgia Baker

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Georgia Baker
2018 2019 UCI Track World Cup Berlin 286 (cropped).jpg
Baker in 2018
Personal information
Born (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 29)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team Orica–Scott
DisciplineTrack
Road
RoleRider
Rider typeTrack Endurance
Amateur teams
?Northern Districts Cycling Club [1]
2013Team Polygon Australia [2]
2014Jayco/Apollo VIS [3]
Professional teams
2014 Wiggle–Honda [4]
2015–2016High5 Dream Team [5]
2017 Orica–Scott
2018TIS Racing [6]
2022– Team BikeExchange–Jayco
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Women's track cycling
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2019 Pruszków Madison
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Points race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Glasgow Madison
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Points race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2022 Birmingham Team pursuit
Women's road bicycle racing
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Wollongong Mixed team relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Road race

Georgia Baker (born 21 September 1994) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. [7] She rode in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [8]

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Cycling career

After taking a break from road racing in 2016 with the High5 Dream Team to focus on her Rio Olympics campaign, Baker signed for Orica-Scott to race in the Women's World Tour team for 2017. [9] In her first European race for the team at the end of May, Baker was among the 90 non-finishers of 121 that started at Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik. [10]

Baker withdrew from the 2017 Women's Tour on the opening stage after experiencing a racing heart and sharp pains in her chest and arm. [11] She was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, which is not a life-threatening condition, but needed to be treated to continue as an athlete. She had surgery in early August, and resumed training for a mixed road and track season in the run-up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games. [12] Following the successful surgery, Baker undertook a three-month training block in Australia before racing at the Oceania Track Championships in November 2017. [13]

Baker qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was a member of the women's pursuit team. The team, consisting of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, Alexandra Manly and Maeve Plouffe, finished fifth. [14]

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Baker won the gold medal in the women's team pursuit event alongside Sophie Edwards, Chloe Moran and Maeve Plouffe, setting a games record time of 4:14.06.

Major results

2014
2nd Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
2015
Oceania Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Individual Pursuit
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Omnium
2nd Points race
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Madison, Austral (with Danielle McKinnirey)
2016
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Points race, Oceania Track Championships
2022
1st Gold medal blank.svg Road race, Commonwealth Games
1st Stage 2 Thüringen Ladies Tour
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
4th Scheldeprijs
7th GP Oetingen

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