Katherine Bates

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Katherine Bates
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Katherine Bates (2011)
Personal information
Full nameKatherine Linsey Bates
Nickname"Kate" "Katey"
Born (1982-05-18) 18 May 1982 (age 41)
Sydney, Australia
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineTrack & Road
RoleRider
Rider typeTrack endurance, road sprint.
Professional teams
2002 Ondernemers van Nature
2003Bik–Powerplate
2004Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports
2005Van Bemmelen–AA Drink
2006Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
2007T-Mobile Women
2010Team Colavita Baci
2011Abus – Nutrixxion
Major wins
World Points Race Champion 2007

Australian Road Race Champion 2006

Commonwealth Games Champion 2002, 2006
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Manchester Points Race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Points Race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2002 Manchester Individual Pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2006 Melbourne Individual Pursuit
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2007 Palma de MallorcaPoints Race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2001 AntwerpPoints Race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2005 Los AngelesScratch Race
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2005 Los AngelesIndividual Pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Apeldoorn Scratch
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2002 CopenhagenIndividual Pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2005 Los AngelesPoints Race
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Adelaide Scratch race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2011 AdelaideTeam pursuit

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.

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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]

Palmarès

2000
2nd World Time Trial Championships, Plouay – Junior
2001
2nd Points Race, World Track Championships, Antwerp
3rd Amstel Gold Race Netherlands
2002
3rd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships, Copenhagen
1st Points Race, Commonwealth Games, Manchester
2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Manchester
2003
1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Moscow
1st Overall, Geelong Tour, Australia
2nd Australian Criterium Championships, Victoria
2004
4th Individual Pursuit, 2004 Summer Olympics
1st Stage 2, Vuelta a Castilla y León, Zamora
1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Manchester
1st Points Race, World Cup, Manchester
2nd Stage 2, Geelong Tour, Australia
3rd overall, Geelong Tour, Australia
2005
1st Points Race, World Cup, Manchester
1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup, Manchester
1st Scratch Race, World Cup, Manchester
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Points Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scratch Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
2nd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships, Los Angeles
2nd Scratch Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles
3rd Points Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles
2006 (Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung)
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian National Road Race Championships, Mount Torrens
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scratch Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
1st Flag of Australia (converted).svg Points Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
2nd Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide
1st Points Race, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne – defeated teammate Rochelle Gilmore
2nd Individual Pursuit, Commonwealth Games, Melbourne
1st Stage 3, Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada
1st Stage 4, Euregio Ladies Tour, Bilzen
1st Stage 5, Bay Classic, Docklands
1st Points Race, World Cup, Sydney
1st Stage 1, Tri-Peaks Challenge USA
1st Individual Pursuit Track World Cup, United Kingdom
2nd Scratch Race Track World Cup, United Kingdom
3rd Women's Road World Cup Geelong, Australia
2007
1st Stage 1, 1st Stage 5 & 1st Final GC Bay Classic
1st Points Race, World Track Championships, Palma de Mallorca
3rd Points Race, Track World Cup, Beijing
3rd Overall, Tour du Grand Montréal, Canada
3rd Stage 1, International Thüringen Rundfahrt, Germany
3rd Australian Criterium Championship, Queensland
2008
6th Points race, 2008 Summer Olympics
2009 INJURED – (Team Columbia–HTC 2009 season)
2010
1st Scratch Race, Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Adelaide
1st Women's Team Pursuit, Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Adelaide
1st Women's Team Pursuit, Track World Cup, Melbourne
2011
2nd Women's scratch, 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apeldoorn

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References

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  2. "Beijing 2008 points race women - Olympic Beijing 2008 Cycling Track". olympic.org. Archived from the original on 22 January 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
  3. Schlink, Leo (14 December 2011). "Hip injury forces Kate Bates to retire from cycling". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 15 February 2012.
  4. "The Wheelhouse with Kate and Joel".
  5. "Walkley Winners Archive". The Walkley Foundation. Retrieved 5 July 2021.