Georgia Baker

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Georgia Baker
2018 2019 UCI Track World Cup Berlin 286 (cropped).jpg
Georgia Baker in 2018
Personal information
Born (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994 (age 27)
Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamOrica–Scott
DisciplineTrack
Road
RoleRider
Rider typeTrack Endurance
Amateur teams
?Northern Districts Cycling Club[1]
2013Team Polygon Australia[2]
2014Jayco/Apollo VIS[3]
Professional teams
2014Wiggle–Honda[4]
2015–2016High5 Dream Team[5]
2017Orica–Scott
2018–TIS Racing[6]
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Madison

Georgia Baker (born 21 September 1994) is an Australian professional racing cyclist.[7] She rode in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[8]

Cycling career[]

After taking a break from road racing in 2016 with the High5 Dream Team to focus on her Rio Olympics campaign, Orica-Scott announced signing Baker to race in the Women's World Tour team for 2017.[9]

In her first European race for the Orica-Scott team at the end of May, Baker was among the 90 non-finishers of 121 that started at Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik.[10]

Baker in her second race on the opening stage at The Women's Tour at the start of June after a racing heart and sharp pains were felt in her chest and arm, exercising caution having lost her father to a heart attack in 2015, she withdrew from the race.[11] She was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, while not life-threatening, needed to be treated to continue as an athlete. She was booked in for surgery in early August, in the hopes to resume training for a mixed road and track season in the run up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[12] Following a successful surgery, Baker undertook a three-month training block in Australia before racing at the Oceania Track Championships in November 2017.[13]

Major results[]

2014
2nd Team Pursuit, Oceania Track Championships (with Ashlee Ankudinoff, , Rebecca Wiasak and )
2015
Oceania Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Individual Pursuit
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Omnium
2nd Points Race
2nd Team Pursuit (with Macey Stewart, and )
2nd Madison, Austral (with )
2016
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Points race, Oceania Track Championships

References[]

  1. ^ "HPU Rider Profiles, Georgia Baker". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. ^ "TEAM POLYGON AUSTRALIA". Polygon Bikes Team. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ Woodpower, Zeb (15 August 2014). "NRS team feature: Jayco/Apollo VIS Women's Team". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Georgia Baker Makes Home Debut For Wiggle Honda At Launceston Classic". Wiggle High5. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. ^ "New Australian women's cycling team High5 Dream Team launched". The Guardian. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. ^ Fair, Alex (6 November 2017). "Devonport's Macey Stewart signed by Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling Team for 2018". The Advocate. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Georgia Baker". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  8. ^ Qualifying results
  9. ^ "Final signing confirms the complete ORICA-AIS team for 2017". GreenEDGE Cycling. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik". UCI. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. ^ Homfray, Reece (28 June 2017). "The Coffee Ride #147, with Reece Homfray". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. ^ Smith, Adam (21 July 2017). "Tasmanian cycling star Georgia Baker all set for surgery to overcome heart complaint". The Mercury. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  13. ^ Smith, Adam (12 August 2017). "Now the surgery is over, Baker is back on track for Gold Coast". The Mercury. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

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