Katheryn Curi

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'''Katheryn Curi''' (formerly Katheryn Curi Mattis; born May 29, 1974, in Goshen, Connecticut) is an American former professional racing cyclist who rode for the Webcor Builders Women's Professional Cycling Team, until the sponsor discontinued it before the 2011 season.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Cycling News| url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/webcor-builders-cuts-professional-team-funding-for-2011/| title=Webcor Builders cuts professional team funding for 2011| author=Frattini, Kirsten|authorlink=Kirsten Frattini| date=October 20, 2010| accessdate=2021-09-29}}</ref> She won the United States National Road Race Championships in Park City, Utah, in June 2005.<ref>Dreier, Fred. [http://www.velonews.com/race/dom/articles/8265.0.html "Curi, Decker earn U.S. road titles"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060319124428/http://velonews.com/race/dom/articles/8265.0.html |date=March 19, 2006 }}, ''VeloNews'', June 22, 2005. Accessed February 26, 2008.</ref> In February 2008 she won the Geelong World Cup thereby claiming the UCI World Cup leader's jersey.<ref>Verkuylen, Paul. [http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2008/feb08/geelongwc08/?id=results "Mattis takes biggest victory to date"], ''CyclingNews.com'', February 24, 2008. Accessed February 26, 2008.</ref>

Curi received a B.A. in psychology from Mount Holyoke College in 1996 and began competing as a professional cyclist in 1999.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}}. She stopped racing professionally in 2015.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=ProCyclingStats| title=Katheryn Curi-Mattis| url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/katheryn-curi-mattis/statistics/overview| accessdate=2021-09-29}}</ref> Since retirement from professional racing and as of 2021, Curi has served as Road Team Director, and from 2019 as a board member, of the Amy D. Foundation, which "encourages and supports young women through cycling".<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Bicycle Retailer and Industry News| title=Amy D. Foundation expands Board of Directors| date=February 25, 2019| url=https://www.bicycleretailer.com/announcements/2019/02/19/amy-d-foundation-expands-board-directors#.YVTitrhKiM8| accessdate=2021-09-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| publisher=Amy D. Foundation| title=Staff| url=https://amydfoundation.org/| accessdate=2021-09-21}}</ref> She has been active in the bicycling community of Santa Clara County and San Mateo County of California.<ref>{{cite web| publisher=Los Altos Online| title=Local forms cycling group to clean up streets| author=Baron, Naomi| date=April 8, 2020| url=https://www.losaltosonline.com/community/local-forms-cycling-group-to-clean-up-streets/article_a4f49082-5014-58c4-b1c3-dfa8fa58e27c.html| accessdate=2021-09-21}}</ref>

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==External links== {{Commons}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20051030002924/http://www.webcorcycling.com/2005/Womens/Riders/2005_katheryn_curi.htm Webcor Biography] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060226061205/http://www.caffeinatedcyclists.com/katheryn.html Caffeinated Cyclists Biography] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20060903204313/http://www.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu/quarterly/fall05/16_17MHAQ_Fea_Cyclist.pdf Sprocket Science] * {{Cycling Archives|10200}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Curi, Katheryn}} Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:American female cyclists Category:Mount Holyoke College alumni Category:Cyclists from Connecticut Category:People from Goshen, Connecticut Category:Sportspeople from Litchfield County, Connecticut Category:21st-century American women