Katie Mactier (born 23 March 1975 in Melbourne) is a former Australian professional racing cyclist. She began racing in 1999 at 24 and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.AIS Athletes at the Olympics She was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne.
She is a member of the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her two children.
She won the pursuit at the 2005 world championship, the 2005 World Cup and the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. At the Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mactier broke the world record in the heats in the pursuit, but Sarah Ulmer set a new record in the final, relegating her to a silver medal.
In 2001 Mactier won in the national road championship. In 2002/2003 she was the Australian pursuit champion, and second in the 2003 world pursuit championship. She was 2003 and 2005 Australian Female Track Cyclist of the Year.
She was a favourite in the pursuit at the 2008 Olympics but ended seventh overall after being defeated by eventual winner Rebecca Romero of Great Britain in her qualifying round. After that, she retires from active sports.
Palmarès
2001 1st Australian National Road Race Championships 1st Valdengo-Biella 1st Sprint Classification Skilled Bay Series 2003 1st Trofeo Guareschi 1st Overall Nature Valley Grand Prix 1st Overall Fitchburg Longsjo Classic 1st Stage 3 Geelong Women's Tour 1st Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships 2nd Pursuit, World Championships 2nd Road World Cup Geelong 2nd Overall Geelong Women's Tour 2nd T-Mobile International 2004 1st Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships 1st Stage 1 Geelong Tour 2nd Olympic Individual Pursuit (silver medal) 2nd Pursuit, World Championships 2nd Overall Geelong Tour 1st Pursuit, World Cup, Los Angeles 2005 1st Pursuit, World Championships 1st Pursuit, World Cup 1st Pursuit Oceania Titles 2006 1st Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships 1st Jayco Bay Cycling Classic AUS 1st Individual Pursuit, 2006 Commonwealth Games 3:30.290; 1st Pursuit, World Cup, Sydney 2007 3rd Pursuit, World Championships 1st Australian National Road Race Championships 1st Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships 1st Pursuit, World Cup, Sydney 1st Pursuit, World Cup, Beijing 1st Oceania Individual Pursuit 1st Stage 1 Mount Hood Cycling Classic 1st Stage 2 Mount Hood Cycling Classic 2nd Stage 6 Mount Hood Cycling Classic 2nd Stage 3 Nature Valley Grand Prix 3rd Stage 4 Mount Hood Cycling Classic 2008 1st Prelude, 2008 Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin (cat. 1) 4th Individual pursuit, 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Sources
External links Australian Cycling Federation Profile Cyclingnews.com 2007 Australian Open Road Championships Katie Mactier's website 2008 Olympic Results