Introduction
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.
Palmarès
Track
- 2004
- 4th 500m, TT Commonwealth Youth Games
- 7th Points Race, Commonwealth Youth Games
- 2005
- 1st Scratch Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 2nd Points Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 3rd Sprint, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 2006
- 1st Points Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 2nd Scratch Race, British National Track Championships (Junior)
- 2nd Scratch Race, British National Track Championships (Senior)
- 2007
- 1st WCRA 'Derny Paced' Championships
- 3rd British National Derny Championships
- 8th Scratch Race, UCI Track World Championships
- 2013
- Newport International Cup
- 3rd Female B 3k Individual Pursuit (with Nia Knight)
- 7th Female B 1k Time Trial (with Nia Knight)
- 9th Tandem B Road Race, UCI Paracycling World Cup Round 5, Matane, Canada (with Nia Knight)
- 2014
- 7th Scratch Race, Commonwealth Games
- 2015
- Revolution
- 2nd Points Race - Round 6, Manchester
- 2nd Scratch Race - Round 6, Manchester
Road
- 2007
- 1st Welsh National Road Race Championships
- 3rd British National Circuit Race Championships
- 2008 (Team Halfords Bikehut)
- 2013
- 2nd British National Paracycling Road Circuit Championships (with Nia Knight)
- 2014
- 1st Newport Nocturne
- 5th Milk Race
- 8th Cheshire Classic
- 2015
- 3rd Tour de Yorkshire
- 3rd Milk Race
- 5th Cheshire Classic