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Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 12 September 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Team Inspired/Lifeplus Wahoo (track) Lifeplus Wahoo (road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rider type | Pursuitist (track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2022 | Alba Development RT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023– | Lifeplus Wahoo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kate Richardson (born 12 September 2002) is a Scottish and British road and track cyclist. [1] [2]
A talented youth and junior athlete, Richardson won multiple national titles in her native Scotland across 3 sports; Triathlon, Athletics and Cycling [3] [4] [5]
She switched from triathlon in 2021 before joining cycling road racing team Alba DRT. [6] She came to prominence in cycling after winning the 2022 Ras na mBan [7] road stage race in Ireland and double gold at the 2023 U23 & Junior European Championships (Individual Pursuit & Team Pursuit) in Anadia, Portugal. [8]
At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships she won her first two national titles, after winning the Individual Pursuit and the Team Pursuit titles. [9] [10]
On 12 May 2024, less than 8 weeks after breaking a collarbone and fracturing her scapula in a crash at Drenthe, The Netherlands, Richardson returned to racing; winning the iconic Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix [11] by attacking on the penultimate climb of the Michaelgate to break clear of the leading group and ride solo to the line
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Born | Glasgow, Scotland | 12 September 2002|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Team Inspired/Lifeplus Wahoo (track) Lifeplus Wahoo (road) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Track Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Pursuitist (track) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amateur team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Alba Development RT | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Professional team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | Lifeplus Wahoo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kate Richardson (born 12 September 2002) is a Scottish and British road and track cyclist. [1] [2]
A talented youth and junior athlete, Richardson won multiple national titles in her native Scotland across 3 sports; Triathlon, Athletics and Cycling [3] [4] [5]
She switched from triathlon in 2021 before joining cycling road racing team Alba DRT. [6] She came to prominence in cycling after winning the 2022 Ras na mBan [7] road stage race in Ireland and double gold at the 2023 U23 & Junior European Championships (Individual Pursuit & Team Pursuit) in Anadia, Portugal. [8]
At the 2024 British Cycling National Track Championships she won her first two national titles, after winning the Individual Pursuit and the Team Pursuit titles. [9] [10]
On 12 May 2024, less than 8 weeks after breaking a collarbone and fracturing her scapula in a crash at Drenthe, The Netherlands, Richardson returned to racing; winning the iconic Rapha Lincoln Grand Prix [11] by attacking on the penultimate climb of the Michaelgate to break clear of the leading group and ride solo to the line