Kate McIlroy

{{Short description|New Zealand triathlete and distance runner}}

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| country = New Zealand

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| birth_date = 26 August 1981

| birth_place = Wellington

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| height = 173 cm

| weight = 57 kg

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Kate McIlroy (born 26 August 1981){{cite web|title=Kate McIlroy|url=http://www.athletics.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=2694|publisher=Athletics New Zealand|access-date=29 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223100135/http://www.athletics.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=2694|archive-date=23 February 2013|url-status=dead}} is a New Zealand cyclist, triathlete and former runner. She won the World Mountain Running title in 2005{{cite news|title=Athletics: An interview with mountain running champion Kate McIlroy|author=Chris Rattue|date=7 January 2006|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10362714|newspaper = New Zealand Herald}} and was later named New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year at the Halberg Awards.{{cite news|title=My life in sport: Kate McIlroy|author=Dana Johannsen|date=21 August 2009|newspaper = New Zealand Herald|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/kiwi-athletes/news/article.cfm?c_id=1502572&objectid=10592093}}

She is the national women's record holder for the 3000 metre steeplechase with a time of 9:32.54 set in Heusden, Belgium during 2006.{{cite web|title=Kate McIlroy improves NZ steeples record - (Archived)|url=http://www.zeus-sport.com/Athletics/Tasman/News/News.aspx?ArticleID=1185|publisher=Athletics New Zealand|access-date=29 December 2012}}

McIlroy converted to track in a bid to compete at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but sustained a leg injury and was unable recover in time.{{cite web|url=http://www.pinnacleprogramme.co.nz/athletes/?id=8|title=Kate McIlroy|publisher=Pinnacle|access-date=19 February 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111031144/http://www.pinnacleprogramme.co.nz/athletes/?id=8|archive-date=11 January 2011|url-status=dead}}

She started competing in triathlons at the end of 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/kate_mcilroy/|title=Kate McIlroy: Athlete biography|publisher=International Triathlon Union}} In 2012, she was selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the triathlon, where she finished in 10th place.{{cite web | url=https://www.olympic.org/london-2012/triathlon/individual-women | title=London 2012 / Triathlon / Individual Women | publisher=International Olympic Committee | access-date=8 June 2018}}

In 2019 and 2021 McIlroy won the New Zealand national championships cyclo-cross.{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/new-zealand-delivers-first-national-champions-of-a-new-cyclo-cross-season/ |title=New Zealand delivers first national champions of a new cyclo-cross season |author=Simone Giuliani |website=Cycling News |date=2021-08-16 }}