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Full name | Katherine Linsey Bates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Kate" "Katey" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sydney, Australia | 18 May 1982||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Track & Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Track endurance, road sprint. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002 | Ondernemers van Nature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Bik–Powerplate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Van Bemmelen–AA Drink | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007 | T-Mobile Women | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Team Colavita Baci | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 | Abus – Nutrixxion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Major wins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Points Race Champion 2007 Australian Road Race Champion 2006 Commonwealth Games Champion 2002, 2006 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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