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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Catherine Rachel Prankerd |
| Born | Catherine Rachel Curtis (1988-11-01)1 November 1988 (age 37) Cardiff,Wales |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)[1] |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Disciplines |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Endurance |
| Amateur teams | |
| Maindy Flyers | |
| Cardiff Ajax | |
| 2007 | Team Global Racing |
| 2008 | Team Halfords Bikehut |
| 2009 | Vision1 Racing |
| 2010–2013 | Cardiff Jif |
| 2017 | Storey Racing |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014 | Starley Primal[2] |
| 2016 | Podium Ambition Pro Cycling |
| Major wins | |
 British Champion Junior x2 Welsh Champion | |
Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (néeCurtis; born 1 November 1988) is aWelsh former professionalroad andtrack cyclist.
Born inCardiff,[3] Prankerd began competing at a young age with the Maindy Flyers children's cycle club before joining Cardiff Ajax. Prankerd set the record for the 5-kilometre (3.1-mile) Tandem Standing Start event on the track along withAlex Greenfield, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set at theNewport Velodrome on 10 June 2004.[4] They also held the 10-kilometre (6.2-mile) Tandem Standing Start event on the track, with a time of 13 minutes 10.421 seconds. The record was also set at the Newport Velodrome, on 16 May 2006. In 2008 Prankerd rode withTeam Halfords Bikehut before moving to Vision1 Racing in 2009.
Prankerd suffered a setback to her cycling career when she was diagnosed withCrohn's disease. Subsequently, she took up a coaching role at theWales National Velodrome inNewport and teamed up with partially sighted cyclist Nia Knight with a view to competing in the tandem event at the2014 Commonwealth Games.[5] Prankerd subsequently rode solo, representingWales in the scratch race, where she finished 7th.[1][6]
Points race Scratch Scratch Points raceCriterium, National Junior Road Championships