Cath Cheatley
{{Short description|New Zealand cyclist (born 1983)}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Cath Cheatley
| image = Cath Cheatley of the first WSLA intake (cropped).jpg
| caption = Cheatley in 2018
| fullname = Catherine Cheatley
| nickname =
| birth_name = Catherine Sell
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1983|4|6}}
| birth_place = Whanganui, New Zealand
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height = 1.70 m
| weight = 64 kg
| currentteam = Retired
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2007–2008
| proteam1 = Cheerwine Cycling Team
| proyears2 = 2009–2010
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|JSH|2009}}
| proyears3 = 2011–2012
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|FCL|2011}}
| majorwins =
- New Zealand Championships (Road) (2004, 2006, 2011)
- Oceania Games (Scratch) (2005)
- Women's Tour of New Zealand (2005)
- New Zealand Track Championships (Pursuit) (2007)
- Fitchburg Longsjo Classic (2008)
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Women's track cycling }}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}
{{MedalBronze | 2007 Palma de Mallorca | Points race }}
| show-medals = yes
}}
Catherine Cheatley (née Sell;{{cite news |last1=Bidwell |first1=Hamish |title=Tour a good pipeopener for Cheatley |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/sport/4691671/Tour-a-good-pipeopener-for-Cheatley |work=The Dominion Post |date=23 February 2011}} born 6 April 1983 in Whanganui) is a retired New Zealand professional road and track cyclist.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Catherine Cheatley |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/catherine-cheatley-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114060635/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/catherine-cheatley-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 November 2018 |access-date=13 October 2013}} She won two New Zealand championship titles in both road race and individual track pursuit, and later represented her nation New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Before her official retirement in June 2012 because of sustained bike crash-related injuries, Cheatley moved to the United States to race for the Cheerwine and {{UCI team code|JSH|2009}} pro cycling teams in the women's elite professional events on the UCI Women's World Cup, and UCI World Championships, where she earned the bronze medal for the women's points race in 2007.
Racing career
=Amateur career=
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=Professional career=
Cheatley made her world championship debut at the 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 1 April, where she took home the bronze medal in the women's points race,{{cite news |title=Cycling: Catherine Cheatley wins bronze at World Champs |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Cycling-Catherine-Cheatley-wins-bronze-at-World-Champs/tabid/415/articleID/24345/Default.aspx |publisher=3 News |date=2 April 2007 |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014172555/http://www.3news.co.nz/Cycling-Catherine-Cheatley-wins-bronze-at-World-Champs/tabid/415/articleID/24345/Default.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }} adding to the individual pursuit gold she had won at the New Zealand track championships two weeks previously. Strong and impressive results landed her a spot on the United States' Cheerwine Cycling Team, which signified a start of her professional sporting career.{{cite news |last=Stokes |first=Shane |title=Cheerwine announces 2008 roster |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cheerwine-announces-2008-roster |publisher=Cycling News |date=22 January 2008 |access-date=13 October 2013}} While competing for Cheerwine under an exclusive two-year contract, Cheatley managed her team to "defend their jersey" and dominate the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic circuit title in 2008.{{cite news |last=Staveley |first=Shauna |title=Cheerwine riders defend the jersey |url=http://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/ci_9800820 |publisher=Sentinel & Enterprise |date=6 July 2008 |access-date=13 October 2013}}
Cheatley qualified for the New Zealand squad in two cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the nation's two available berths from the UCI World Cup and by finishing third in the points race from the UCI World Championships.{{cite news |last=Ogilvie |first=David |title=Cheatley confident of Olympic berth |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503426&objectid=10960326 |work=Wanganui Chronicle |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=30 August 2007 |access-date=13 October 2013}}{{cite news |title=US win adds icing to Olympics call-up |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/sport/522886/US-win-adds-icing-to-Olympics-call-up |work=The Southland Times |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=7 July 2008 |access-date=13 October 2013}} In the women's road race, held on the second day of the Games, Cheatley posted a time of 3:41:08 to successfully complete a gruelling race with a fifty-third-place finish, trailing behind US rider and two-time Olympian Christine Thorburn by a small amount of velocity.{{cite web |title=Women's Road Race |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CRW012100/index.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213117/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCRW012100/index.html |archive-date=19 August 2012 }}{{cite news |title=Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/news/road/cooke-weathers-storm-to-take-olympic-gold_81537 |publisher=Velo News |date=10 August 2008 |access-date=10 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014074448/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/08/news/road/cooke-weathers-storm-to-take-olympic-gold_81537 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }} The following week, in the women's points race, Cheatley failed to collect a single point from the 10 scoring laps in a 25-km sprint race, finishing well down the field in seventeenth place.{{cite web |title=Women's Points Race |url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc=CTW004100/standings.html |work=Beijing 2008 |publisher=NBC Olympics |access-date=21 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819213104/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/cycling/resultsandschedules/rsc%3DCTW004100/standings.html |archive-date=19 August 2012 }}{{cite news |title=Kiwi cyclist misses out, but has no regrets |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/archived-stuff-sections/archived-sport-sections/olympics-2008/cycling-27899/586329/Kiwi-cyclist-misses-out-but-has-no-regrets |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=18 August 2008 |access-date=13 October 2013}}{{cite news |title=Cheatley unplaced in points race |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/archived-stuff-sections/archived-sport-sections/olympics-2008/cycling-27899/586422/Cheatley-unplaced-in-points-race |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=19 August 2008 |access-date=11 October 2013}}
When the Cheerwine folded the 2008 season, Cheatley transferred to {{UCI team code|JSH|2009}} for two seasons, and then helped her women's cycling team grab an early lead on the first stage of the Cascade Cycling Classic before mounting a second place overall at the final circuit.{{cite news |title=Cycling: Cheatley takes Oregon tour lead with stage win |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/117194/cheatley-takes-oregon-tour-lead-stage-win |publisher=Otago Daily Times |date=22 June 2010 |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924054850/http://www.odt.co.nz/117194/cheatley-takes-oregon-tour-lead-stage-win |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |title=Cheatley second in Oregon cycling classic |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Cheatley-second-in-Oregon-cycling-classic-/tabid/415/articleID/167622/Default.aspx |publisher=3 News |date=27 June 2010 |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174449/http://www.3news.co.nz/Cheatley-second-in-Oregon-cycling-classic-/tabid/415/articleID/167622/Default.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }}
In 2011, Cheatley won her third road race title at the national championships in Christchurch.{{cite news |title=Cycling: Cheatley snares third national title |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/other-sport/143633/cycling-cheatley-snares-third-national-title |publisher=Otago Daily Times |date=8 January 2011 |access-date=13 October 2013}} Shortly after, Cheatley was seriously injured in the round-the-mountain road crash around Mount Taranaki, suffering multiple fractures of her hip that required full surgery and rehabilitation.{{cite news |title=Cath Cheatley faces long recovery from crash |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/5721566/Cath-Cheatley-faces-long-recovery-from-crash |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=3 October 2011 |access-date=13 October 2013}}{{cite news |title=Cheatley suffers 'multiple hip fractures' in crash |url=http://www.3news.co.nz/Cheatley-suffers-multiple-hip-fractures-in-crash/tabid/415/articleID/228095/Default.aspx |publisher=3 News |date=3 October 2011 |access-date=13 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014174101/http://www.3news.co.nz/Cheatley-suffers-multiple-hip-fractures-in-crash/tabid/415/articleID/228095/Default.aspx |archive-date=14 October 2013 |url-status=dead }} In June 2012, Cheatley had officially retired from competitive cycling, and instead, worked on a full-time role as one of BikeNZ's regional development coordinators.{{cite news |title=Injured Cath Cheatley retires from cycling |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/7108576/Injured-Cath-Cheatley-retires-from-cycling |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=15 June 2012 |access-date=13 October 2013}}{{cite news |title=Cycling: Cheatley stores her bike to take up new role |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10813282 |publisher=New Zealand Herald |date=15 June 2012 |access-date=13 October 2013}}
Personal life
Catherine Sell married fellow Wanganui Cycling Club member Dayle Cheatley in April 2006.{{cite news |last1=Ogilvie |first1=David |title=Things are wheeling along at the cycle club |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wanganui-chronicle/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503424&objectid=10938808 |work=Wanganui Chronicle |date=2 May 2006}}
Career highlights
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;2004
: 1st 20px New Zealand National Road Race Championships
;2005
: 1st Overall, Women's Tour of New Zealand
: 1st Oceania Games (Scratch race), Wanganui
;2006
: 1st 20px New Zealand National Road Race Championships
;2007
: 1st 20px New Zealand Track Cycling Championships (Pursuit), Invercargill (NZL)
: 1st Stage 1, Nature Valley Grand Prix, United States
: 2nd New Zealand Track Cycling Championships (Points race), Invercargill (NZL)
: 2nd Stage 3, Nature Valley Grand Prix, United States
: 2nd Stage 5, Tour de Toona, United States
: {{bronze03}} UCI Track Cycling World Championships, (Points race), Palma de Mallorca (ESP)
;2008
:1st Clarendon Cup
: 1st Overall, Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, United States
:: 1st Stage 2
:: 2nd Stage 1
: 2nd Overall, Joe Martin Stage Race, United States
:: 2nd Prologue
:: 2nd Stage 1
:: 3rd Stage 3
: 3rd New Zealand Championships (Criterium)
: 10th UCI Track Cycling World Championships (Scratch), Manchester (GBR)
: 17th Olympic Games (Points race), Beijing (CHN)
: 53rd Olympic Games (Road), Beijing (CHN)
;2009
: 1st Stage 3, Tour de Vineyards, Marble Mountain (NZL)
: 2nd Stage 2, Tour de Vineyards, New Zealand
: 2nd Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, United States
: 2nd Stage 5, Tour of the Gila, United States
: 3rd Stage 1, Tour de Vineyards, New Zealand
: 3rd Overall, San Dimas Stage Race, United States
:: 2nd Stage 2
: 3rd Stage 2, Sea Otter Classic, United States
: 3rd Stage 4, Tour of the Gila, Silver City, New Mexico (NZL)
: 5th Overall, Liberty Classic, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
: 10th 2009 UCI World Championships (Road), Mendrisio (SUI)
;2010
: 2nd Overall, Cascade Cycling Classic, United States
:: 1st Stage 1
:: 2nd Stage 3
:: 2nd Stage 5
: 10th Stage 1, Tour of Chongming Island, Xizang (CHN)
: 10th Stage 3, Tour of Chongming Island, Shanghai (CHN)
;2011
: 1st 20px New Zealand Championships (Road), Christchurch (NZL)
: 2nd Overall, Tour of New Zealand, New Zealand
:: 2nd Stage 1
:: 2nd Stage 2
:: 3rd Stage 3
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Cycling Archives|33769|Catherine Cheatley Sell}}
- {{CQ Ranking|w|172|Catherine Cheatley (Sell)}}
- {{ProCyclingStats|catherine-cheatley|Catherine Cheatley}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|catherine-cheatley|Catherine Cheatley|org_archive=20190709032833}}
- {{NZOC profile|cath-cheatley|Cath Cheatley}} ([https://web.archive.org/web/20131016075516/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/catherine-cheatley archive])
- {{Olympedia|name=Cath Cheatley}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022140424/http://www.teamcolavita.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.display&page_id=45 |date=dmy |title=Player Bio – Team Colavita}}
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020221807/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=56068/bio/index.html |date=dmy |title=NBC 2008 Olympics profile}}
{{2006 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
{{2008 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2010 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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