Caitlin Ward
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Caitlin Ward (born 1 February 1994) is an Australian track cyclist who has been selected for the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Personal
[edit]Caitlin Ward was born in Frankston, Victoria, on 1 February 1994. She has a master's degree in Physiotherapy from Flinders University in Adelaide.[1] She runs track sessions for AusCycling in South Australia and co-owns JKT Coaching.[2]
Cycling
[edit]Ward became interested in cycling after participating in the Around the Bay in a Day in 2005 and the Great Victorian Bike Ride in 2006 when she was in the fifth grade at primary school.[1][3]
She was sidelined between 2015 and 2018 with a series of injuries including glandular fever and a broken ankle after a gym accident in which it was crushed by a 250 kilogram leg press,[4] but she came back to win the women's sprint and keirin at the Australian national titles in 2019.[5] She represented Australia at the 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup in Brisbane but missed out on selection for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.[1]
In 2022, Ward became the sighted pilot for blind Paralympian Jessica Gallagher at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, where they won gold in the tandem B sprint and tandem time trial B at London's Lee Valley VeloPark. At the 2023 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Glasgow the following year they won silver medals in both events.[1] At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in March 2024, they won bronze in the tandem B Sprint and the 1 km time trial.[6][7]
Ward was selected as pilot for Gallager at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris,[8] where they won silver in the Women's B 1000m Time Trial.[9]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Caitlin Ward Results". Commonwealth Games Australia. 18 June 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Track champion Caitlin Ward making 'paw-sitive' impact on animals lives". AusCycling. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "More Great Vic alumni gold". Bicycle Network. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Aussie Tandem dream team of Jess Gallagher and Caitlin Ward forged from adversity". Jess Gallagher. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Monteverde, Marco (7 April 2019). "Caitlin Ward finds redemption at nationals with double success". Courier-Mail. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Women's B Sprint and the". api.veloresults.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Women B 1km Time Trial Final". api.veloresults.com. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Paralympics Australia Names Cycling Team For Paris 2024". Paralympics Australia. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 - Women's B 1000m Time Trial - Final Results". olympics.com. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Australian female cyclists
- Australian track cyclists
- Paralympic cyclists for Australia
- Paralympic sighted guides
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists from Melbourne
- Sportswomen from Victoria (state)
- 21st-century Australian sportswomen
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Paralympic silver medalists for Australia
- Paralympic medalists in cycling