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Full name | Kate Cullen | ||||||||||||||
Born | 20 May 1977 | ||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Rider type | Endurance | ||||||||||||||
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City of Edinburgh Racing Club | |||||||||||||||
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Kate Cullen, also known as Katie, (born 20 May 1977) [1] is a Scottish racing cyclist from Edinburgh who won bronze in the points race at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. [2]
Cullen began cycling after she began a project whilst studying to become an Architect at the Glasgow School of Art. She hypothetically designed a velodrome and visited Manchester Velodrome, where she had a go at riding the track. Cullen enjoyed the experience so much she began cycling at Meadowbank Stadium once she had returned to Edinburgh. [3]
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