Kate
Courtney
United States
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MTB
Date of birth | 29 October 1995 |
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Place of birth | Palo Alto, California |
Age | 30 |
Nationality | United States |
Career start | 2013 |
Disciplines | Mountainbike Cross Country |
Born in 1995, Kate Courtney grew up riding tandem with her dad in the mountain biking mecca of Marin County, just over the Golden Gate Bridge from her birthplace of San Francisco.
It wasn’t until she was 14 that she started seeing mountain biking as a competitive option, though. She started racing in 2009 and won the XC Junior National Championships the next year.
Kate Courtney continues to compete at the top of the cross-country world
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Courtney with her World Cup series trophy, won in her second elite season
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Courtney secured that overall victory in front of home fans in Snowshoe
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Courtney stays grounded by training on home roads in Marin County
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