Rikki Belder (born 2 July 1993) is a former Australian track sprint cyclist. [1] [2] She was the 2017 Oceania Champion in the 500m Team Sprint (with Holly Takos and Courtney Field), [3] and has won six Australian Titles in the same event with fellow South Australian team members Anna Meares OAM and Stephanie Morton OAM. [1] [4] [5]
Belder holds the Australian Championship Record in the 500m Team Sprint (with Stephanie Morton). [7] She represented Australia at the 2015 Union Cycliste Internationale – UCI Track Cycling World Cup III in Cali, Colombia, and at the 2017 Oceania Track Cycling Championships. [1] [3] [8] [9]
Rikki Belder was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 2 July 1993. She was a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) from 2011 - 2017. [10] Belder studied Biomedical Engineering at Flinders University. [1]
She is the daughter of Lyn and Gary Belder. [1] Sister Donna Belder, held a PhD research scholarship in ornithology at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University (ANU). [11]
In 2014, Rikki Belder was listed as one of South Australia's Fastest-Rising Stars Under 30 [12] . Belder has completed some art work for charity. [13]
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Belder was a GKA Sports Distribution (http://www.gkasports.com.au) [16] supported athlete.
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