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
:1st Points race
:1st Scratch
:2nd Sprint
3rd Scratch, National Junior Championships
Commonwealth Youth Games
:4th 500m time trial
:7th Points race
2005
National Junior Championships
:1st Scratch
:2nd Points race
:3rd Sprint
3rd Keirin, National Championships
2006
National Junior Championships
:1st Points race
: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)
9th Tandem B road race, UCI Paracycling World Cup round 5, Matane (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
1st Criterium, National Junior Road Championships
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
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