Katie Mactier

Katie Mactier (born 23 March 1975 in Melbourne) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. She began racing in 1999 at 24 and was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1] She was educated at Wesley College, Melbourne.[2]

Katie Mactier

Mactier in the 2006 Bay Cycling Classic
Personal information
Full name	Katie Mactier
Born	(1975-03-23) 23 March 1975 Melbourne, Australia
Team information
Discipline	Track & Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2002	SC Michela Fanini Record Rox
2003	Saturn (V)
2004	Jayco
2 June 2005–	T-Mobile
2007–	ValueAct Capital
Major wins
National Champion
Medal record Representing  Australia Women's track cycling World Championship 2005 Los Angeles Individual pursuit Olympic Games 2004 Athens Individual Pursuit Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Individual Pursuit

She is a member of the Carnegie Caulfield Cycling Club. She lives in Melbourne, Australia with her 2 Children, Charlie & Lachie.

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.