{{Short description|Welsh cyclist (born 1988)}} {{For|the musician|Catie Curtis}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Katie Prankerd | image = Katie Prankerd.jpg | fullname = Catherine Rachel Prankerd | birth_name = Catherine Rachel Curtis | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1988|11|1}} | birth_place = Cardiff, Wales | height = {{convert|1.64|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}<ref name="Glasgow">{{cite web| url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_track/1033951/k_curtis.html| archive-url=https://archive.today/20140805025919/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/cycling_track/1033951/k_curtis.html| url-status=usurped| archive-date=5 August 2014| title=Katie Curtis: Biography| publisher=Glasgow 2014| accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref> | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}<ref name="Glasgow" /> | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = Endurance | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = Maindy Flyers | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = Cardiff Ajax | amateuryears3 = 2007 | amateurteam3 = Team Global Racing | amateuryears4 = 2008 | amateurteam4 = Team Halfords Bikehut | amateuryears5 = 2009 | amateurteam5 = Vision1 Racing | amateuryears6 = 2010–2013 | amateurteam6 = Cardiff Jif | amateuryears7 = 2017 | amateurteam7 = {{UCI team code|Storey|2017}} | proyears1 = 2014 | proteam1 = Starley Primal<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/keep_pedallin/status/447415110823587841 |title=Thank you @cardiffjif for all... |last1=Curtis |first1=Katie |date=22 March 2014 |website=Twitter|accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref> | proyears2 = 2016 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|PAC|2016}} | majorwins = {{Flagicon|GBR}} British Champion Junior x2<br />{{Flagicon|WAL}} Welsh Champion }} '''Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd''' (née '''Curtis'''; born 1 November 1988) is a Welsh former professional road and track cyclist.
==Career== Born in Cardiff,<ref name="BCbio">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Curtis_Katie_Bio.asp|title=Profile|publisher=British Cycling|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080104013235/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Curtis_Katie_Bio.asp|archivedate=4 January 2008}}</ref> 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 {{convert|5|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.pressrelease&contentid=N_037888|title=A New Record|access-date=20 December 2007|archive-date=30 October 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030052131/http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/index.cfm?fuseaction=news.pressrelease&contentid=N_037888|url-status=dead}}</ref> They also held the {{convert|10|km|abbr=off|adj=on}} 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.<ref name=wsa>{{cite web |url=http://www.welshsports.org.uk/news/index.asp?action=goNews&naction=viewArticle&category=9&uID=&ID=3003 |title=Knight and Curtis come together to form the perfect partnership |last1=Baker |first1=Gary |date=22 September 2013 |website=Welsh Sports Association |accessdate=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140522232819/http://www.welshsports.org.uk/news/index.asp?action=goNews&naction=viewArticle&category=9&uID=&ID=3003 |archivedate=22 May 2014 }}</ref> Prankerd subsequently rode solo, representing Wales in the scratch race, where she finished 7th.<ref name="Glasgow" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/commonwealth-games-2014-olympic-champion-7234116 |title=Commonwealth Games 2014: Olympic champion Geraint Thomas and world sprint star Becky James head up Welsh cycling team for Glasgow |publisher=Wales Online |date=9 July 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808041017/http://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/commonwealth-games-2014-olympic-champion-7234116 |archivedate= 8 August 2014 }}</ref>
==Major results== ===Track=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2003 : 3rd Scratch, National Youth Championships ;2004 : National Youth Championships ::1st 20px Points race ::1st 20px Scratch ::2nd Sprint : 3rd Scratch, National Junior Championships : Commonwealth Youth Games ::4th 500m time trial ::7th Points race ;2005 : National Junior Championships ::1st 20px Scratch ::2nd Points race ::3rd Sprint : 3rd Keirin, National Championships ;2006 : National Junior Championships ::1st 20px 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)<ref name=port>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/98899/Newport-International-Cup-(C1---Paracycling)#results |title=Newport International Cup (C1 – Paracycling)|website=British Cycling |accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref> ::7th Female B 1km Time trial (with Nia Knight)<ref name=port /> : 9th Tandem B road race, UCI Paracycling World Cup round 5, Matane (with Nia Knight)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/99473/UCI-Paracycling-World-Cup-#results |title=UCI Paracycling World Cup #5 – Matane|website=British Cycling|accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref> ;2014 : 7th Scratch, Commonwealth Games<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/sport/11368750.Bronze_for_Welsh_cyclist_Elinor_Barker/?ref=la |title=Bronze for Welsh cyclist Elinor Barker |last1=Penman |first1=Andrew|date=26 July 2014 |website=South Wales Argus |accessdate=28 July 2014}}</ref> ;2015 : Revolution Round 6, Manchester ::2nd Points race ::2nd Scratch ;2017 : 3rd Team pursuit, National Championships {{div col end}}
===Road=== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2003 : 2nd Criterium, National Junior Road Championships ;2004 : 1st 20px 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)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/88736/BC-National-Paracycling-Road-Circuit-Championships#results |title=BC National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships |website=British Cycling |accessdate=22 May 2014}}</ref> ;2014 : 1st Newport Nocturne<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/112327/The-Newport-Nocturne#results |title=The Newport Nocturne |website=British Cycling|accessdate=6 September 2014}}</ref> : 5th Milk Race<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/109225/The-Milk-Race-2014#results |title=The Milk Race 2014 |website=British Cycling|accessdate=11 June 2014}}</ref> : 8th Cheshire Classic<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cheshireclassic.co.uk/2014-cheshire-classic-results/ |title=2014 Cheshire Classic Results |last1=Wood |first1=Andy |date=27 April 2014 |website=cheshireclassic.co.uk |accessdate=22 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513063453/http://www.cheshireclassic.co.uk/2014-cheshire-classic-results/ |archivedate=13 May 2014 }}</ref> ;2015 : 3rd Women's Tour de Yorkshire<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/racing/british-racing/louise-mahe-wins-tour-de-yorkshire-womens-race-169499 |title=Louise Mahé wins Tour de Yorkshire women’s race |last1=Abraham |first1=Richard |date=2 May 2015 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> : 3rd Milk Race<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/128651/The-Milk-Race |title=The Milk Race |website=British Cycling |access-date=28 May 2015}}</ref> : 5th Cheshire Classic<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/womensroadseries/article/roa20150426-Womens-Road-Series-Road--Victory-for-Sarah-Storey-in-British-Cycling-Road-Series-0 |title=Victory for Sarah Storey in Women's Road Series |last1=Williams |first1=Huw|date=26 April 2015 |website=British Cycling |access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> : 9th London Nocturne {{div col end}}
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080104013235/http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/site/BC/gbr/GBRiderInfo/Curtis_Katie_Bio.asp Profile on British Cycling website] *{{sports links}}
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