Emily Batty

Emily Batty (born June 16, 1988) is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker.[2][3][1][4] She won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Championships. Batty is the current Pan American Games champion and was the silver medalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She won the gold medal at the Pan Am games in Toronto in 2015 in her home country.

Emily Batty
Batty in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-06-16) 16 June 1988
Brooklin, Ontario, Canada
Height1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)[1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamCanyon MTB Racing Team
DisciplineMountain bike
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Professional teams
2010–2011Trek World Racing
2011–2020Subaru-Trek
2021–Canyon
Major wins
PanAmGames (2015; 1st place)
Medal record
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Nové MestoCross-country
Bronze medal – third place2018 LenzerheideCross-country
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2014 GlasgowCross-country
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoCross-country

Career

Batty started racing in 1999 and raced in the Canada Cup Series by 2001.[5] She competed for Trek World Racing in the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season.[6] Batty switched to the Subaru-Trek team in 2011.[7]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed with a broken collar bone and bruised shoulders in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 24th place.[4] After the Olympics Emily broke through onto the podium at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. There she finished second on the podium behind teammate Catharine Pendrel.[8] Following the race Pendrel said "I knew from training and the nationals that Emily was on fire, so I'm proud she got silver."[8]

The next multi-games competition for the Canadian riders was the 2015 Pan American Games on home soil in Toronto. There Batty and Pendrel again found themselves in a one-two position, however this time Batty finished on top with a six-second advantage over Pendrel, winning the title of Pan Am Games champion. After the race Batty said "it's really just pushing each other. It doesn't matter who's first on the day as long as it's a Canadian. So we got gold and silver, which was amazing."[9]

For the 2016 Summer Olympics Batty competed for Canada, coming in as World Championships bronze medallist. At the Games she finished a close fourth to teammate Pendrel. After she said "after London with a broken collarbone, to being 10 metres from a bronze medal, it is a heartbreak. My preparation was amazing. I raced clean and I rode incredibly strong and just missed a medal by a couple of bike lengths so I have some mixed emotions."[10]

Personal

Born in Brooklin, Ontario, Batty grew up in a racing family. She has two older brothers and a younger sister, all of whom race. During her competitions, Batty wears a pearl necklace discovered among her mother's jewelry when she was 11 years old.[1] Batty raced on the team Trek Factory Racing between 2013 and 2020.[3] For 2021 Batty will race for Canyon.[11] She is coached by Adam Morka, who is also her husband.[12]

References
  1. "Emily Batty". olympic.ca. Archived from the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. "Canada's Emily Batty wins bronze in World Cup mountain biking event". The Globe and Mail. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. "Emily Batty". cyclingnews.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. George, Sue (11 August 2012). "Batty races Olympics despite cracked collarbone". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  5. Mazzante, Lou. "Emily Batty Interview: Bright Eyes". Bike Magazine (Sept/Oct 2009). Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  6. George, Sue (22 January 2010). "Batty joins Trek World Racing". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  7. George, Sue (9 December 2010). "Batty switches to Subaru-Trek team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  8. "Catharine Pendrel, Emily Batty win gold, silver in mountain bike". CBC Sports. 29 July 2014.
  9. "Emily Batty, Catharine Pendrel claim gold, silver in women's mountain bike". CBC Sports. 12 July 2015.
  10. Doug Harrison (20 August 2016). "Canada's Catharine Pendrel wins Olympic mountain bike bronze after early crash". CBC Sports. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  11. "Canadian XCO Star Emily Batty signs for Canyon". www.canyon.com. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  12. George, Sue (5 December 2011). "Emily Batty climbs the ranks". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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