Katie Curtis
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Catherine Rachel Prankerd (née Curtis) |
| Born |
1 November 1988 Cardiff, Wales |
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Podium Ambition Pro Cycling |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Endurance |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| Maindy Flyers | |
| Cardiff Ajax | |
| 2007 | Team Global Racing |
| 2008 | Team Halfords Bikehut |
| 2009 | Vision1 Racing |
| 2010–2013 | Cardiff Jif |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2014 | Starley Primal |
| 2016 | Podium Ambition Pro Cycling |
| Major wins | |
 British Champion Junior x2 Welsh Champion |
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Catherine Rachel "Katie" Prankerd (née Curtis; born 1 November 1988) is a Welsh road and track cyclist and a member of the Podium Ambition Pro Cycling squad.
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 5 km Tandem Standing Start event on the track along with Alex Greenfield, with a time of 7 minutes 4.424 seconds. The record was set in Newport Velodrome on 10 June 2004. They also hold the 10 km Tandem Standing Start event on the track, with a time of 13 minutes 10.421 seconds. The record was set in 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 at the Commonwealth Games in the scratch race, where she finished 7th.
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