Amy Cure

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Amy Cure

| image = 2018 2019 UCI Track World Cup Berlin 060.jpg

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| caption = Cure in 2018

| nickname = Queen of the Apple Isle{{cite web |url=https://sportshounds.com.au/2018/04/09/amy-cure-queen-of-the-apple-isle/ |title=Amy Cure, Queen of the Apple Isle |website=Sportshounds |date=15 April 2018 |access-date=7 February 2019}}

| fullname = Amy Louise Cure

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|12|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Burnie, Australia

| height = 1.72 m{{cite web |title=Amy Cure |url=http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/amy-cure |work=Official Site of the 2012 Australian Olympic Team |publisher=Australian Olympic Committee |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231032550/http://london2012.olympics.com.au/athlete/amy-cure |url-status=dead }}

| weight = 58 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|WHT|2017}}

| discipline = {{unbulleted list|Track|Road}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = {{unbulleted list|Track endurance|Road sprinter}}

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| amateurteam1 = Devonport Mersey Valley CC

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| proyears1 = 2013

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GEW2|2013}} (stagiaire)

| proyears2 = 2014–2015

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|LBL}}

| proyears3 = 2017–

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2017}}

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Amy Louise Cure (born 31 December 1992) is an Australian former professional track cyclist. She cycles for Team Jayco–AIS. She has set several world records. She won a junior world championship race in 2009, and represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is the first person in history to medal at every endurance track event at world championship level; with three newly gained medals in the team pursuit, omnium, and madison at 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Hong Kong.{{cite news |title=Amy Cure has eye on 2018 Commonwealth Games after history making 2016–2017 track season |url=http://www.pelotonwatch.com/news/Amy-Cure-Has-Eye-On-2018-Commonwealth-Games-After-History-Making-2016-2017-Track-Season/ |access-date=9 April 2018 |work=Peloton Watch |date=1 June 2017}}

While Cure was considered a typical Tasmanian type of racer, with a never-give-up attitude during races, she was considered the latest cycling talent in Tasmania, following legendary 5-time world champion Danny Clark, Olympic gold medallist Michael Grenda and road cyclist Richie Porte.

Personal

Amy Louise Cure was born on 31 December 1992.{{cite web |url=http://www.cycling.org.au/?Page=31952 |title=Amy Cure |publisher=Cycling.org.au |access-date=25 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627181820/http://www.cycling.org.au/?Page=31952 |archive-date=27 June 2012 |url-status=dead}} She is from coastal Tasmania,{{cite web |url=http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/news/general/olympics-cyclist-amy-cure-is-bound-for-britain/2569334.aspx |title=OLYMPICS: Cyclist Amy Cure is bound for Britain — Local News — News — General — The Examiner Newspaper |publisher=Examiner.com.au |date=25 May 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}}{{cite web |author=Damian McIver |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-05-13/tasmanian-cyclist-aims-for-olympic-gold/4008706 |title=Cyclist aims for Olympic gold — ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) |publisher=Abc.net.au |date=14 May 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bicycles.net.au/2010/11/interview-amy-cure-golden-girl-of-cycling/ |title=Interview: Amy Cure, Golden Girl of Cycling | Bicycles Network Australia |publisher=Bicycles.net.au |date=16 November 2010 |access-date=25 June 2012}} near West Pine,{{cite web |url=http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/sport/general/amy-cure-cycles-to-a-world-title-in-moscow/1596411.aspx |title=Amy Cure cycles to a world title in Moscow – Local News – Sport – General – The Examiner Newspaper |publisher=Examiner.com.au |date=14 August 2009 |access-date=25 June 2012}} and resides in Tasmania, Australia. She attended Leighland Christian School, and supports the Carlton Blues.

Cycling

Cure is a track cyclist, specialising in endurance track events. She also does endurance track races and road races. She started cycling in 2005 after she attended the Tasmanian SCAT Christmas Carnivals. She is affiliated with the Tasmanian Institute of Sports, and the Devonport Mersey Valley CC. In 2010, she was coached by the most successful Belgian retired track cyclist Matthew Gilmore and is now coached by Darryl Pugh. She cycles for Team Jayco–AIS.{{cite web |url=http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8484741 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230150753/http://wwos.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=8484741 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 December 2012 |title=Australian Dennis wins German cycling race |publisher=Wwos.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=25 June 2012}}{{cite web |author=geplaatst op: vr 15 June 2012, 22:31 |url=http://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/2012-06-15/132903/australische-amy-cure-slaat-dubbelslag-ster |title=Australische Amy Cure slaat dubbelslag in Ster | Omroep Zeeland |publisher=Omroepzeeland.nl |date=15 June 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}} She has broken some track cycling world records including the 2 km individual pursuit record. She spends time in South Australia, where she trains away from her support structure. Cure took advantage of an athlete "adoption" programme that helps elite athlete orphans living far away from home that placed her with a local, Adelaide area family.{{cite web |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/another-sports-star-at-the-trengoves/story-e6frecj3-1226397591706 |title=Another sports star at the Trengove's |publisher=adelaidenow |date=16 June 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}}

=By year=

==2006==

Cure competed in several races in 2006. She finished first in the U15 Individual Pursuit Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished first in the U15 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in Queensland. She finished second in the U15 Time Trial Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished second in the U15 Time Trial Australia Junior Road Titles in Queensland. She finished third in the U15 Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished fifth in the U15 Scratch Race Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished fifth in the U15 Criterium Australia Junior Road Titles in Queensland.

==2007==

Cure competed in several races in 2007. She finished{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/photos/amy-cure-continues-australias-rainbow-success-in-colombia-at-track-worlds/294804 |title=Amy Cure continues Australia's rainbow success in Colombia at Track Worlds |date=2 March 2014}} second in the U17 Pairs Time Trial Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished third in the U17 Individual Pursuit Australian Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Team Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Criterium Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished fourth in the U17 Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished seventh in the U17 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory.

==2008==

Cure competed in several races in 2008. She finished first in the U17 Scratch Race Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished first in the U17 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished second in the U17 Individual Pursuit Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Team Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Time Trial Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished fifth in the U17 Criterium Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished seventh in the U17 Time Trial Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales.

==2009==

Cure competed in several races in 2009. She finished first in the Scratch Race UCI Junior World Championships in Russia. In the Scratch Race UCI Junior World Championships, she beat Czech cyclist Lucie Záleská and Lithuanian Aleksandra Sošenko. She finished first in the U19 Individual Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished first in the Scratch Race Australia Youth Olympic Festival in Australia. She finished first in the Points Race Australia Youth Olympic Festival in Australia. She finished first in the overall U19 Mersey Valley Tour in Victoria. She finished second in the U19 Individual Pursuit Junior World Championships in Russia. She finished second in the Stage 1 TT Mersey Valley Tour in Victoria. She finished second in the U19 Scratch Race Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the U19 time trial Australian Championships in Queensland. She finished third in the Open Women's Team Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished third in the Individual Pursuit Australia Youth Olympic Festival in Australia. She finished fifth in the U19 Omnium Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished sixth in the U19 Keirin Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished sixth in the U19 road race Australian Championships in Queensland. She finished twelfth in the U19 Time Trial Australian Championships in South Australia.

==2010==

In 2010, as a seventeen-year-old, Cure was described as "the next big thing in women's cycling." She competed in several races in 2010. She finished first in the Individual Pursuit UCI Junior Track World Championships in Italy. She finished first in the Teams Pursuit UCI Junior Track World Championships in Italy. She finished first in the Scratch Race UCI Junior Track World Championships in Italy. She finished first in the U19 Road Time Trial Australian Road Championships in New South Wales. She finished first in the U19 Points Race Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished first in the U19 Individual Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the Omnium Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the Teams Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the Scratch Race Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the U19 Selection Road Race Australian Road Championships in New South Wales. She finished second in the U19 Criterium Australian Road Championships in New South Wales. She finished third in the Time Trial UCI Junior Road World Championships in Italy. She finished third in the U19 Road Race Australian Road Championships in New South Wales.

==2011==

Cure competed in several races in 2011. She finished second in the Individual Pursuit Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished second in the U23 Time Trial Cycling Australia Road National Championships in Victoria. She finished third in the Scratch Race World Cup in Manchester and in the Overall Standings 10/11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics. She finished third in the Scratch Race 10/11 UCI Track World Cup – Manchester Round in Great Britain. She finished third in the Scratch Race Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished third in the Points Race Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished fourth in the Team Pursuit Track World Championships in the Netherlands. She finished fourth in the Team Pursuit UCI Track World Championships in the Netherlands. She finished fifth in the Omnium Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished fifth in the U23 Criterium Cycling Australia Road National Championships in Victoria. She finished eighth in the Omnium UCI Track World Championships in the Netherlands.

==2012==

In February at the World Cup in London, Cure finished third in the team pursuit and individual pursuit events. She competed in the World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne in the team pursuit event.{{cite web |url=http://www.theadvocate.com.au/news/local/sport/cycling/amys-time-has-come/2510891.aspx |title=AMY'S TIME HAS COME — Local News — Sport — Cycling |publisher=The Advocate |date=4 April 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}} She also competed in the 3000m event.{{cite web |last=Carayannis |first=Michael |url=http://www.theleader.com.au/news/local/sport/general/here-are-aprils-sportstar-winners/2575883.aspx |title=Here are April's Sportstar winners – Local News – Sport – General – St George & Sutherland Shire Leader |publisher=Theleader.com.au |date=3 June 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}} In 2012, she won the second stage of the RaboSter Tour in the Netherlands.{{cite web |url=http://www.examiner.com.au/news/local/sport/cycling/amy-cure-takes-shock-win-in-holland/2592727.aspx |title=Amy Cure takes shock win in Holland – Local News – Sport – Cycling – The Examiner Newspaper |publisher=Examiner.com.au |date=16 June 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}} She finished fourth in the third stage.{{cite web |url=http://www.dailypeloton.com/displayarticle.asp?pk=20113 |title=Pro Cycling News |publisher=Daily Peloton |date=17 June 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}} She finished second overall.

=National team=

Cure has been a member of the Australian national cycling team in several events including the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, the 2009 World Junior Track Championships in Russia, the 2010 Track World Cup Manchester in the Great Britain, the 2010 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Italy, the 2011 Track World Championships in the Netherlands, 2011/12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup London in Great Britain, and the 2012 Track World Championships. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in May 2012 as a nineteen-year-old,{{cite web |url=http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/media_room/media_releases/supporting_our_2012_olympians |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121128190043/http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/media_room/media_releases/supporting_our_2012_olympians |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 November 2012 |title=Lara Giddings — Premier of Tasmania, Australia |publisher=Premier.tas.gov.au |date=26 May 2008 |access-date=25 June 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/02/14/300931_sport-news.html |title=Cure seeks Olympic berth Sport – The Mercury – The Voice of Tasmania |publisher=The Mercury |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}} where she competed in the women's team pursuit event alongside Melissa Hoskins, Josie Tomic and Annette Edmondson.{{cite web |url=http://www.whitsundaytimes.com.au/story/2012/05/28/anna-meares-hoping-make-history/ |title=Anna Meares hoping to make history | Whitsundays Cycling | Cycling and Mountain Biking in Whitsundays |publisher=Whitsunday Times |date=28 May 2012 |access-date=25 June 2012}}

Recognition

Cure was named the TIS Young Athlete of the Year in 2009. In 2010, she was named the Australian Junior Female Road Cyclist of the Year and Australian Junior Female Track Cyclist of the Year. She was awarded the AIS Sport Performance Awards Junior Athlete for the Year for 2014.{{cite web |title=Rabbitohs, Fearnley, Fox win top ASPAS |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_620426_rabbitohs,_fearnley,_fox_win_top_aspas |website=Australian Sports Commission News, 11 February 2015 |access-date=11 February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150211232450/http://www.ausport.gov.au/news/ais_news/story_620426_rabbitohs%2C_fearnley%2C_fox_win_top_aspas |archive-date=11 February 2015}}