Katherine Bates

Katherine (Katey) Linsey Bates (born 18 May 1982 in Sydney ) is an Australian former track and road cyclist. A multiple national champion, Bates rode as a professional since 2002. Her 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. 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.

She co-hosts The Wheelhouse cycling podcast with Australian sports journalist Joel Spreadborough.

Her spouse, Luke Miers, is a Walkley Award-winning camera-operator.

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 Individual Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide 1st Points Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide 1st 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 Scratch Race, Australian National Track Championships, Adelaide 1st 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