- Katherine Bates
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Katherine Bates
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fullname = Katherine Bates
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1982|5|18
country = AUS
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discipline = Track & Road
role = Rider
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amateuryears =
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proyears = 2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
proteams = Ondernemers van Nature
Bik-Powerplate
Team Ton Van Bemmelen Sports
Van Bemmelen-AA Drink
Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung
T-Mobile Women
majorwins = flagiconUCI World Champion
Flagicon|AUS Multiple National Champion
updated = 18 December 2007Katherine Bates (born 18 May 1982 in Sydney [cite web|url=http://www.cycling.org.au/Content/NavigationMenu/HighPerformance/RiderProfiles/FemaleRiders/Katherine_Bates.htm|title=Katherine Bates Rider Profile|publisher=Cycling Australia] ) is an Australian track and road cyclist. A multiple national champion, Bates has been riding as a professional since 2002. In 2007, she became the World Points Race Champion on the track. Bates finished sixth in the points race at the
2008 Summer Olympics .Her sister
Natalie Bates is also a professional cyclist, and they rode on the same team for the first time in 2007. [cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/2005/interviews/?id=kate_bates05|title=An interview with Katherine Bates, January 20, 2005|publisher=cyclingnews.com]Palmarès
;2000:2nd World Time Trial Championships,
Plouay - Junior;2001:2nd Points Race, World Track Championships,
Antwerp ;2002:3rd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships,
Copenhagen :1st Points Race,Commonwealth Games ,Manchester :2nd Individual Pursuit,Commonwealth Games ,Manchester ;2003:1st Overall,
Geelong Tour , Australia;2004:1st Stage 2,
Vuelta Castilla y Leon ,Zamora ;2005:1st Points Race, World Cup,
Manchester :1st Individual Pursuit, World Cup,Manchester :1st Scratch Race, World Cup,Manchester :1st Flagicon|AUS Individual Pursuit,Australian National Track Championships ,Adelaide :1st Flagicon|AUS Points Race,Australian National Track Championships ,Adelaide :1st Flagicon|AUS Scratch Race,Australian National Track Championships ,Adelaide :2nd Individual Pursuit, World Track Championships, Los Angeles:2nd Scratch Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles:3rd Points Race, World Track Championships, Los Angeles;2006:1st Flagicon|AUS
Australian National Road Race Championships ,Mount Torrens :1st Flagicon|AUS Scratch Race,Australian National Track Championships ,Adelaide :1st Flagicon|AUS Points Race,Australian National Track Championships ,Adelaide :2nd Individual Pursuit,Australian National Track Championships ,Adelaide :1st Points Race,Commonwealth Games ,Melbourne - defeated teammateRochelle Gilmore :2st Individual Pursuit,Commonwealth Games ,Melbourne :1st Stage 3,Le Tour du Grand Montréal , Canada:1st Stage 4,Euregio Ladies Tour ,Bilzen :1st Stage 5,Bay Classic , Docklands:1st Points Race, World Cup, Sydney;2007:1st Stage 1, 1st Stage 5 & 1st Final GC Bay Classic:1st flagiconUCI Points Race, World Track Championships,
Palma de Mallorca ;2008:6th Points race,
2008 Summer Olympics References
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