Katy MARCHANT
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Cycling Track
Events and Medals
| Sport | Event | Rank | |
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 Cycling Track |
Women's Sprint | 10 | |
| Women's 500m Time Trial | |||
| Women's Team Sprint | 3 |
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| Women's Keirin |
Katy MARCHANT - Schedule
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Thu, 5 Apr
16:24
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Women's Team Sprint Qualifying |
Finished |
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Thu, 5 Apr
20:51
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Women's Team Sprint Finals - Bronze |
Finished |
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Fri, 6 Apr
13:02
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Women's Sprint Qualifying |
Finished |
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Fri, 6 Apr
14:51
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Women's Sprint 1/8 Finals - Heat 7 |
Finished |
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Sat, 7 Apr
19:59
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Women's 500m Time Trial Final |
Finished |
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Sun, 8 Apr
17:42
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Women's Keirin First Round - Heat 3 |
Finished |
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Biographical Information
Highlights:
| Year | Location | Event | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Rio de Janeiro, BRA | Women's Sprint | 3 |
| Year | Location | Event | Rank | Result |
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| 2018 | Apeldoorn, NED | Women's Sprint | 18 | - |
| 2018 | Apeldoorn, NED | Women's Keirin | 9 | - |
| 2018 | Apeldoorn, NED | Women's 500m Time Trial | 8 | 34.242 |
| 2018 | Apeldoorn, NED | Women's Team Sprint | 6 | 33.623 |
| 2017 | Hong Kong, CHN | Women's Sprint | 19 | - |
| 2017 | Hong Kong, CHN | Women's Keirin | 17 | - |
| 2017 | Hong Kong, CHN | Women's 500m Time Trial | 13 | 34.659 |
| 2016 | London, GBR | Women's Sprint | 14 | - |
| 2016 | London, GBR | Women's 1km Time Trial | 5 | 34.032 |
| 2016 | London, GBR | Women's Team Sprint | 5 | 32.903 |
| 2015 | Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA | Women's 1km Time Trial | 13 | 34.633 |
Occupation: Athlete (teamengland.org, 13 Mar 2018)
Languages spoken: English
Other sports:
Represented Great Britain in heptathlon at the 2012 Junior World Championships. (britishcycling.org.uk, 13 Mar 2018)
Reason: "I had never even seen a velodrome before, but part of our training was Wattbike sessions to help with lactate tolerance for the 200m and 800m and my power levels were always high. I used to have competitions with Jess (ENNIS-HILL) and always beat her. One night, Toni (MINICHIELLO, athletics coach) was going out with a guy called Matt PARKER, who used to work for British Cycling, and he mentioned me to him. Matt said we should get in touch with British Cycling to see if they were interested, and it went from there." (skysports.com, 15 Jan 2015)
Ambition: Win an Olympic gold medal. (skysports.com, 15 Jan 2015)
ACHIEVEMENTS
Bronze medallist in the individual sprint at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. (teamengland.org, 13 Mar 2018)
SPRINT MELTDOWN
After finishing fifth at the 2016 UCI Track World Championships in London, and failing to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics in the track sprint, she and teammate Jessica VARNISH (GBR) put the blame on British Cycling who chopped and changed the line-up, giving less experienced riders a taste of top-level competition during qualification standings. Later explained that her comments were in regards to the selection and not the coaching staff. "I had never had a problem with the culture, obviously at the World Champs last year (2016) there was a lot of disappointment, and there were some heated moments. Things got expressed maybe not the way that they should." (road.cc, 11 Apr 2017)
SWITCH
Began sporting career as a promising heptathlete, when her coach noticed her powerful Wattbike numbers and suggested cycling. "I wasn't like I was on my way out in heptathlon, I had just been to the World Juniors the year before and I was progressing well. But the British Cycling coaches were really encouraged by what they had seen from me and I thought, 'Why not give it a shot?'" Her first major track meeting was later that year in September at the National Track Championships, where she came away with two silver medals and a bronze. (skysports.com, 15 Jan 2015)
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Legend
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: Silver
: Bronze- : Gold Medal Event
- : Bronze Medal Event
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