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Katie Mactier (born 23 March 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She began racing in 1999 at 24 and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1] She was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne.[2]
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Full name | Katie Mactier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 23 March 1975||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track & Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002 | SC Michela Fanini Record Rox | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003 | Saturn (V) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Jayco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 June 2005– | T-Mobile | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007– | ValueAct Capital | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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She is a member of the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her 2 Children, Charlie & Lachie.
She won the pursuit at the 2005 world championship, the 2005 World Cup and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. At the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mactier broke the world record in the heats in the pursuit, but Sarah Ulmer set a new record in the final, relegating her to a silver medal.
In 2001 Mactier won in the national road championship. In 2002/2003 she was the Australian pursuit champion, and second in the 2003 world pursuit championship. She was 2003 and 2005 Australian Female Track Cyclist of the Year.
She was a favourite in the pursuit at the 2008 Olympics but ended seventh overall after being defeated by eventual winner Rebecca Romero of Great Britain in her qualifying round.
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