Georgia Baker (born 21 September 1994) is an Australian professional racing cyclist.[7] She rode in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[8]
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| Born | 21 September 1994 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Liv AlUla Jayco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Track Endurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ? | Northern Districts Cycling Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Team Polygon Australia[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Jayco/Apollo VIS[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014 | Wiggle–Honda[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | High5 Dream Team[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Orica–Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | TIS Racing[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cycling career
editAfter taking a break from road racing in 2016 with the High5 Dream Team to focus on her Rio Olympics campaign, Baker signed for Orica-Scott to race in the Women's World Tour team for 2017.[9] In her first European race for the team at the end of May, Baker was among the 90 non-finishers of 121 that started at Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik.[10]
Baker withdrew from the 2017 Women's Tour on the opening stage after experiencing a racing heart and sharp pains in her chest and arm.[11] She was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, which is not a life-threatening condition, but needed to be treated to continue as an athlete. She had surgery in early August, and resumed training for a mixed road and track season in the run-up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[12] Following the successful surgery, Baker undertook a three-month training block in Australia before racing at the Oceania Track Championships in November 2017.[13]
Baker qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was a member of the women's pursuit team. The team, consisting of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, Alexandra Manly and Maeve Plouffe, finished fifth.[14]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Baker won the gold medal in the women's team pursuit event alongside Sophie Edwards, Chloe Moran and Maeve Plouffe, setting a games record time of 4:14.06.
Major results
edit- 2014
- 2nd Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
- 2015
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st
Individual Pursuit - 1st Omnium
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd Madison, Austral (with Danielle McKinnirey)
- 2016
- 1st Points race, Oceania Track Championships
- 2022
- 1st
Road race, Commonwealth Games - 1st Stage 2 Thüringen Ladies Tour
- 3rd
Team relay, UCI Road World Championships - 4th Scheldeprijs
- 7th GP Oetingen
References
edit- ^ "HPU Rider Profiles, Georgia Baker". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "TEAM POLYGON AUSTRALIA". Polygon Bikes Team. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Woodpower, Zeb (15 August 2014). "NRS team feature: Jayco/Apollo VIS Women's Team". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Georgia Baker Makes Home Debut For Wiggle Honda At Launceston Classic". Wiggle High5. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "New Australian women's cycling team High5 Dream Team launched". The Guardian. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Fair, Alex (6 November 2017). "Devonport's Macey Stewart signed by Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling Team for 2018". The Advocate. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "Georgia Baker". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
- ^ Qualifying results
- ^ "Final signing confirms the complete ORICA-AIS team for 2017". GreenEDGE Cycling. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik". UCI. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Homfray, Reece (28 June 2017). "The Coffee Ride #147, with Reece Homfray". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Smith, Adam (21 July 2017). "Tasmanian cycling star Georgia Baker all set for surgery to overcome heart complaint". The Mercury. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ Smith, Adam (12 August 2017). "Now the surgery is over, Baker is back on track for Gold Coast". The Mercury. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
External links
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- Georgia Baker at UCI
- Georgia Baker at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Georgia Baker at ProCyclingStats
- Georgia Baker at CycleBase
- Georgia Baker at Olympics.com
- Georgia Baker at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Georgia Baker at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
