Kaarle McCulloch

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Kaarle McCulloch Road cycling
Kaarle McCulloch (2020)
Kaarle McCulloch (2020)
To person
Date of birth January 20, 1988
nation AustraliaAustralia Australia
discipline Train (short term)
Most important successes
Olympic games
bronze - team sprint
UCI track world championships
2009, 2010, 2011, 2019 World Champion - team sprint
Last updated: March 13, 2020

Kaarle McCulloch (born January 20, 1988 in Campbelltown ) is an Australian track cyclist . She is four times world champion and eight times Oceania champion (as of 2019).

Athletic career

Kaarle McCulloch was a sports enthusiast from childhood; initially she was active in athletics . When she was 14, her family moved to Sydney because there were better sports for her and her siblings there. Kaarle McCulloch attended the "Endeavor Sports High School" and was successful as a middle-distance runner. When she was not accepted into the national team, she looked for a new challenge as a triathlete , discovered her joy in cycling and finally switched to track cycling.

In 2006 Kaarle McCulloch was two-time Australian junior champion in the sprint and 500 m time trial , as well as second in the team sprint and third in the keirin . Since then, she has been able to achieve other national titles and podium places in national championships and world cup races in various short-term disciplines on the track. In 2007 she won the team sprint at the Oceania Championships with Kerrie Meares .

Together with Anna Meares Kaarle McCulloch was at the Track World Championships in 2009 in Pruszkow , at the Track World Championships in 2010 in the Danish Ballerup and in the World Championships in Apeldoorn world champion in the team sprint. At the title fights in Denmark she also set a world record in the team sprint (500 m) over 32.923 s together with Meares. At the Commonwealth Games 2010 she won the gold medal in the team sprint as well as the silver medal in the sprint and time trial. At the beginning of February 2011 she was the Australian champion in the team sprint, together with Cassandra Kell . At the UCI Track World Championships 2012 in Melbourne , she won the silver medal in the team sprint together with Meares. Later that year, the two athletes won the bronze medal in the team sprint together at the Olympic Games in London .

In the following years McCulloch celebrated numerous victories and successes. By 2020 she was 14 times Oceania champion and 18 times national champion. In 2017 , 2018 and 2020 she became vice world champion in the team sprint with Stephanie Morton , and in 2019 the duo won the world title. In 2018 McCulloch won two gold medals at the Commonwealth Games .

successes

2006
  • bronze Junior World Championship - 500 meter time trial
  • bronze Oceania Games - 500-meter time trial, sprint
  • MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian Junior Champion - 500m Time Trial, Sprint
2007
  • OceaniaChampionJersey.pngOceania Champion - 500m Time Trial, Keirin, Team Sprint (with Kerrie Meares )
  • bronze Oceania Championship - Sprint
2008
  • MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian Champion - 500m Time Trial, Sprint, Keirin
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
  • OceaniaChampionJersey.pngOceania Champion - Team Sprint (with Stephanie Morton )
  • bronze Oceania Championship - Sprint
2015
  • OceaniaChampionJersey.png Oceania champion - 500 meter time trial
2017
2018
2019
2020

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personal data
SURNAME McCulloch, Kaarle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Campbelltown