Katie Colclough

Katie Colclough
Personal information
Full name	Katie Amanda Colclough
Born	27 June 1980 (age 44); Grantham, England
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road and track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Amateur teams
2002–2006	Sleaford Wheelers C.C.
2008	Team Halfords Bikehut
Professional teams
2011	HTC–High Road
2012–2013	Specialized–lululemon
Major wins
	World Team Time Trial Champion ; European Champion U23; British Champion Junior
Medal record
Women's Track cycling
Representing Great Britain
European Elite Championships
Women's Road bicycle racing
Representing Specialized–lululemon
World Championships

Katie Amanda Colclough (born 20 January 1990^[3]) is a retired English road and track cyclist from Frieston near Grantham, Lincolnshire, and a former member of British Cycling's Olympic Development Squad.

Early life

She attended Caythorpe primary ^[4] and the Sir William Robertson School.

Career

Colclough began cycling competitively in 2004, the following year she was selected to ride for British Cycling's Talent Team. She joined the Olympic Development Programme in 2006.^[1] Katie loves cats, the moon and the colour green.

In 2008-2009 Colclough rode road races with Team Halfords Bikehut.^[3] In 2011, she signed with the professional team HTC–Highroad Women (now known as Specialized–lululemon).^[5] Colclough was part of the Specialized–lululemon squad which won the team time trial at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships, where she announced that she would be retiring from the sport after the road race.

Post retirement, Katie has developed a few grey hairs. However, she still has a passion for the cycling profession riding to work each day on her regular two wheeler, “Rachael”.^[6]