Kaytee Boyd
{{Short description|New Zealand cyclist (born 1978)}}
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Kaytee Boyd (born 8 February 1978) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist.
Life
Boyd was born in Hamilton, New Zealand in 1978. Her first sport was mountain biking. She was lured away from mountain biking to take up track cycling where she quickly gained gold medals.[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10611878 My life in sport: Kaytee Boyd], 2009, New Zealand Herald, retrieved April 2014
Boyd rode the team pursuit at the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics with Alison Shanks and Lauren Ellis in Beijing, in a time of 3:28.044, becoming the fastest qualifiers.{{cite web| url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cycling/39907/cycling-campaign-starts-with-world-cup-win| title=Cycling: Campaign starts with World Cup win| author=Alistair McMurran| publisher=Otago Daily Times | date=19 January 2009}} They went on to take the gold medal in a time of 3:24.421, setting the second fastest time in the world behind the 3:22.425 world record set by Great Britain at Manchester in 2008.{{cite web| url=http://www.odt.co.nz/sport/other-sport/39918/cycling-team-pursuit-gold-nz-women| title=Team pursuit gold for NZ women| publisher=Otago Daily Times | date=19 January 2009}}
At the 2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships she won bronze in the team pursuit.
In 2008 and 2009 she competed in many international road races. In 2009, she was in the Italian cycling team Selle Italia Ghezzi and finished 5th in La Route de France.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/riders/kaytee-boyd Kaytee Boyd], cyclingnews.com In 2008 and 2010 she was 3rd in the New Zealand National Road Race Championships.
References
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305095858/https://www.cyclingdatabase.com/rider/kaytee-boyd/27451 |title=Kaytee Boyd at cyclingdatabase.com}}
- {{CQ Ranking cyclist|3173}}
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- {{CycleBase cyclist|37249}}
- {{NZOC profile|kaytee-boyd}}
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{{2010 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand
Category:Cyclists from Waikato
Category:New Zealand female cyclists
Category:Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
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