Kirstie James
New Zealand cyclist (born 1989)
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Born | (1989-05-25) 25 May 1989 (age 35) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | The Meteor / Intelligentsia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Track cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Endura Lady Force | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Velo Classic / Stan's No Tubes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Meteor / Intelligentsia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kirstie Klingenberg (née James, born 25 May 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist and former rower.[1] She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's sprint, and Women's team pursuit.[2]
She was a competitor in the women's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where she won a bronze medal. Kirstie competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she won silver in the team pursuit.[3]
Klingenberg started in rowing but switched to cycling in 2012.[4] She was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2016, and is an ambassador for Endometriosis New Zealand.[5]
Major results
- 2015
- Oceania Track Championships, Invercargill, New Zealand
- 1st
Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Alysha Keith, Elizabeth Steel and Philippa Sutton)
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 2016
- Oceania Track Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 2nd Team Pursuit (with Bryony Botha, Alysha Keith and Nina Wollaston)
- 3rd Individual Pursuit
- 2017
- 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd
Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Jaime Nielsen and Michaela Drummond)
- 3rd
- Elmhurst Cycling Classic Criterium, Chicago, IL, USA
- 1st Place
- Track Cycling National Championships, Invercargill, New Zealand
- 1st
Scratch Race
- 1st
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Milton, Canada
- 2nd
Team Pursuit
- 2nd
- Uci Track Cycling World Cup Santiago, Chile
- 1st
Team Pursuit
- 1st
- 2018
- Oceania Cycling Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st
Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Bryony Botha, Rushlee Buchanan and Michaela Drummond)
- 1st
Individual Pursuit
- 1st
Points Race
- 1st
- 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apdeldoorn, Netherlands
- 6th Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Michaela Drummond)
- 6th Individual Pursuit
- 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia
- 2nd
Team Pursuit (with Bryony Botha, Racquel Sheath and Rushlee Buchanan)
- 5th Individual Pursuit
- 5th Scratch Race 2019
- 2nd
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Paris, France
- 2nd
Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup Milton, Canada
- 3rd
Team Pursuit
- 2nd
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st
Team Pursuit
- 1st
- Track Cycling National Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st
Individual Pursuit
- 1st
Scratch Race
- 1st
Points Race
- 2nd Team Pursuit
- 1st
- 2019
- Oceania Cycling Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st
Team Pursuit (with Jessie Hodges, Nicole Sheilds and Emily Shearman)
- 1st
Individual Pursuit
- 1st
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st
Team Pursuit
- 1st
- Track Cycling National Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st
Individual Pursuit
- 1st
- 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Pruskow, Poland
- 3rd Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Michaela Drummond)
- 4th Individual Pursuit
- 2020
- 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Berlin, Germany
- 6th Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Jaime Nielsen)
References
- ^ "Kirstie James | New Zealand Olympic Team". New Zealand Olympic Team. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
- ^ "Cycling Track JAMES Kirstie - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ "More medals for New Zealand cyclists". Radio New Zealand. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "NZ cyclist Kirstie James grateful to Southland for rowing transition as track cycling nationals come to Invercargill". Stuff. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
- ^ "'I thought I was crazy': cyclist's painful endo battle". Newsroom. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
External links
- Kirstie James at Cycling Archives
- Official website
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2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team
- Valerie Adams
- Alana Barber
- Camille Buscomb
- Cameron French
- Siositina Hakeai
- Marshall Hall
- Ben Langton Burnell
- Brad Mathas
- Eliza McCartney
- Olivia McTaggart
- Joseph Millar
- Angie Petty
- Julia Ratcliffe
- Quentin Rew
- Jake Robertson
- Holly Robinson
- Nick Southgate
- Tom Walsh
- Tom Abercrombie
- Jessica Bygate
- Micaela Cocks
- Finn Delany
- Antonia Farnworth
- Deena Franklin
- Jordan Hunter
- Shea Ili
- Zara Jillings
- Jarrod Kenny
- Charlisse Leger-Walker
- Rob Loe
- Jordan Ngatai
- Chevannah Paalvast
- Alex Pledger
- Kalani Purcell
- Derone Raukawa
- Erin Rooney
- Ethan Rusbatch
- Tohi Smith-Milner
- Josie Stockill
- Natalie Taylor
- Reuben Te Rangi
- Mika Vukona
- Tasmyn Benny
- Troy Garton
- Richard Hadlow
- Leroy Hindley
- Patrick Mailata
- David Nyika
- Alexis Pritchard
- Ryan Scaife
- Ellesse Andrews
- Shane Archbold
- Jack Bauer
- Hamish Bond
- Bryony Botha
- Rushlee Buchanan
- Jason Christie
- Anton Cooper
- Emma Cumming
- Eddie Dawkins
- Michaela Drummond
- Sam Gaze
- Regan Gough
- Jared Gray
- Natasha Hansen
- Kirstie James
- Dylan Kennett
- Nick Kergozou
- Bradly Knipe
- Sharlotte Lucas
- Hayden McCormick
- Kate McIlroy
- Ethan Mitchell
- Ben Oliver
- James Oram
- Olivia Podmore
- Tom Sexton
- Racquel Sheath
- Samara Sheppard
- Campbell Stewart
- Linda Villumsen
- Sam Webster
- Georgia Williams
- Zac Williams
- Shaye Boddington
- Elizabeth Cui
- Anton Down-Jenkins
- Yu Qian Goh
- Liam Stone
- Stella Ashcroft
- David Bishop
- Ethan Dick
- Devy Dyson
- Stella Ebert
- Kyleab Ellis
- Misha Koudinov
- Cory Bennett
- Sam Charlton
- Marcus Child
- Tarryn Davey
- Frances Davies
- Madison Doar
- Shiloh Gloyn
- Ella Gunson
- Sam Harrison
- Pippa Hayward
- Hugo Inglis
- Stephen Jenness
- Richard Joyce
- Rose Keddell
- Dane Lett
- Devon Manchester
- Shea McAleese
- Anita McLaren
- Olivia Merry
- Stacey Michelsen
- Harry Miskimmin
- George Muir
- Brooke Neal
- Dominic Newman
- Grace O'Hanlon
- Arun Panchia
- Jared Panchia
- Hayden Phillips
- Amy Robinson
- Nick Ross
- Kane Russell
- Sally Rutherford
- Aidan Sarikaya
- Kelsey Smith
- Liz Thompson
- Nic Woods
- Peter Blick
- Mandy Boyd
- Tayla Bruce
- Sue Curran
- Jo Edwards
- Ali Forsyth
- Paul Girdler
- Katelyn Inch
- Shannon McIlroy
- Ann Muir
- Mike Nagy
- Mark Noble
- Blake Signal
- Val Smith
- David Stallard
- Bruce Wakefield
- Barry Wynks
- Kurt Baker
- Shakira Baker
- Michaela Blyde
- Kelly Brazier
- Gayle Broughton
- Dylan Collier
- Scott Curry
- Sam Dickson
- Theresa Fitzpatrick
- Sarah Goss
- Trael Joass
- Vilimoni Koroi
- Andrew Knewstubb
- Tim Mikkelson
- Sione Molia
- Etene Nanai-Seturo
- Tyla Nathan-Wong
- Alena Saili
- Ruby Tui
- Stacey Waaka
- Regan Ware
- Niall Williams
- Tenika Willison
- Portia Woodman
- Myles Browne-Cole
- Brian Carter
- Janet Hunt
- Sally Johnston
- Owen Robinson
- Natalie Rooney
- John Snowden
- Ryan Taylor
- Chloe Tipple
- Scott Wilson
- Ricky Zhao
- Lance Beddoes
- Paul Coll
- Campbell Grayson
- Joelle King
- Amanda Landers-Murphy
- Zac Millar
- Evan Williams
- Chris Arbuthnott
- Bradlee Ashby
- Lewis Clareburt
- Carina Doyle
- Celyn Edwards
- Helena Gasson
- Bobbi Gichard
- Daniel Hunter
- Corey Main
- Georgia Marris
- Tupou Neiufi
- Sophie Pascoe
- Sam Perry
- Jesse Reynolds
- Bronagh Ryan
- Matthew Stanley
- Laticia-Leigh Transom
- Tony Dodds
- Andrea Hewitt
- Tayler Reid
- Ryan Sissons
- Rebecca Spence
- Nicole van der Kaay
- Alethea Boon
- Stanislav Chalaev
- Ianne Guiñares
- Andrea Hams
- Laurel Hubbard
- Tracey Lambrechs
- David Liti
- Cameron McTaggart
- Phillipa Patterson
- Richie Patterson
- Bailey Rogers
- Vester Villalon
- Sam Belkin
- Toby Fitzpatrick
- Tayla Ford
- Akash Khullar
- Ana Moceyawa
- Brahm Richards