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Emily Batty
Emily Batty in 2013
Personal information
Born (1988-06-16) June 16, 1988 (age 36)
Brooklin, Ontario, Canada
Height161 cm (5 ft 3+1⁄2 in)[1]
Weight48 kg (106 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamTrek Factory Racing
DisciplineMountain bike
RoleRider
Rider typeCross-country
Professional teams
2010–2011Trek World Racing
2011–Subaru-Trek
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2014 Glasgow Cross-country
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto Cross-country

Emily Batty (born 16 June 1988) is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker.[2][3][1][4] Batty is the current Pan American Games champion and was the silver medalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. Winning the Gold Medal at the Pan Am games in Toronto in 2015 on her home course.

Career

Batty started racing in 1999 and raced in the Canada Cup Series by 2001.[5] She competed for Trek World Racing in the 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup season.[6] Batty switched to the Subaru-Trek team in 2011.[7]

Gold medalist at the Pan American Games in 2015.[8] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Batty competed with a broken collar bone and bruised shoulders in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 24th place.[4] After the Olympics she broke through onto the podium at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Personal

Born in Brooklin, Ontario, Batty grew up in a racing family. She has two older brothers and a younger sister, all of whom race. During her competitions, Batty wears a pearl necklace discovered among her mother's jewelry when she was 11 years old.[1] As of 2013, Batty is racing on the team Trek Factory Racing.[3] She is coached by Adam Morka, who is also her fiancé.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Emily Batty". olympic.ca. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Canada's Emily Batty wins bronze in World Cup mountain biking event". The Globe and Mail. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Emily Batty". cyclingnews.com. 2013. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  4. ^ a b George, Sue (11 August 2012). "Batty races Olympics despite cracked collarbone". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2013. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  5. ^ Mazzante, Lou. "Emily Batty Interview: Bright Eyes". Bike Magazine (Sept/Oct 2009). Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  6. ^ George, Sue (January 22, 2010). "Batty joins Trek World Racing". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved June 10, 2015. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  7. ^ George, Sue (December 9, 2010). "Batty switches to Subaru-Trek team". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved June 10, 2015. {{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in |work= at position 1 (help)
  8. ^ "Canada claims double gold, silver in Pan Am mountain biking | Toronto Star". thestar.com. Retrieved 2016-06-16.
  9. ^ George, Sue (5 December 2011). "Emily Batty climbs the ranks". cyclingnews.com. Archived from the original on 20 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
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