Katie Curtis

Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (née Curtis; born 1 November 1988) is a Welsh former professional road and track cyclist.

Career Born in Cardiff, 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 Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Alex Greenfield, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set at the Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004. They also held the 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 with Team Halfords Bikehut before moving to Vision1 Racing in 2009.

Prankerd suffered a setback to her cycling career when she was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Subsequently, she took up a coaching role at the Wales National Velodrome in Newport and teamed up with partially sighted cyclist Nia Knight with a view to competing in the tandem event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Prankerd subsequently rode solo, representing Wales in the scratch race, where she finished 7th.

Major results Track

2003 3rd Scratch, National Youth Championships 2004 National Youth Championships

2nd Sprint 3rd Scratch, National Junior Championships Commonwealth Youth Games 4th 500m time trial 7th Points race 2005 National Junior Championships

2nd Points race 3rd Sprint 3rd Keirin, National Championships 2006 National Junior Championships

2nd Scratch National Championships 2nd Scratch 3rd Points race 2007 1st WCRA 'Derny Paced' Championships National Championships 2nd Points race 3rd Derny 3rd Scratch 8th Scratch, UCI Track World Championships 2013 Newport International Cup 3rd Female B 3km Individual pursuit (with Nia Knight) 7th Female B 1km Time trial (with Nia Knight) 2014 7th Scratch, Commonwealth Games 2015 Revolution Round 6, Manchester 2nd Points race 2nd Scratch 2017 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships

Road

2003 2nd Criterium, National Junior Road Championships 2004

2007 1st Road race, Welsh Road Championships 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships 2013 2nd Tandem, National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships (with Nia Knight) 2014 1st Newport Nocturne 5th Milk Race 8th Cheshire Classic 2015 3rd Women's Tour de Yorkshire 3rd Milk Race 5th Cheshire Classic 9th London Nocturne