Amanda Spratt
Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Mitchelton–Scott.[3]
 Amanda Spratt in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Amanda Spratt |
| Nickname | Spratty |
| Born | 17 September 1987 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Mitchelton–Scott |
| Discipline |
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| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team | |
| – | Penrith Cycling Club |
| Professional team | |
| 2012– | GreenEDGE–AIS[1][2] |
| Major wins | |
One day races & Classics
Stage races
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Medal record
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Spratt was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 London[4] and 2016 Rio Olympics.[5] In 2012, 2016 and 2020 she won the Australian National Road Race Championships in Buninyong, Victoria.[6] In 2018, she secured the silver medal in the UCI Road World Championships in Innsbruck, Austria.[7]
Personal
Nicknamed "Spratty", Spratt was born on 17 September 1987 in Penrith, New South Wales, which is a suburb of Sydney. She went to Springwood Public School before going to Blue Mountains Grammar School for high school.[8] From 2007 to 2008, she attended Charles Sturt University where she earned a University Certificate in Business. As of 2012, she lived in Springwood, New South Wales.[9][10][11][12]
Spratt is 161 centimetres (63 in) tall and weighs 55 kilograms (121 lb).[13]
Cycling
Spratt is a road cyclist who began competitive cycling when she was twelve years old. She has been coached by Martin Barras since 2009 and is also coached by Gary Sutton.[13] Her primary training base is in Australia's Blue Mountains region, with a secondary training base in Varase, Italy where she lives eight months a year.[10] She is a member of the Penrith Cycling Club.[8][9][11][12] She has held a cycling scholarship with the Australian Institute of Sport and the NSW Institute of Sport.[8][13]
Her first international race was at the 2004 World Junior Track Championships in the United States.[8] She competed at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. She competed at the 2004 Junior Road World Championships in Italy. She missed most of the 2009 cycling season because of a back injury. She competed at the 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[9] She finished eleventh at the 2011 Giro di Toscana Femminile in Italy. She finished fourth at the 2011 Sweden World Cup teams time trial in Vårgårda, Sweden. She finished first at the 2011 Tour de Feminine Krasna Lipa in the Czech Republic. She finished eighth at the 2011 Women's Tour of New Zealand. She finished first in the road race and fourth in the individual time trial at the 2012 Australia Road National Championships in Buninyong, Australia.[12] She finished second at the 2012 Jayco Bay Classic in Victoria, Australia.[11] She finished fourth at the 2012 Ronde van Gelderland in the Netherlands. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, her first Olympics.[10][13] She finished outside the time limit.[14]
In 2018, Spratt elected to forgo a debut senior Commonwealth Games representation for Australia on the Gold Coast, to focus on an Ardennes campaign in Europe.[15] She achieved her first ever one-day podium at World Tour or World Cup level, with a third placing at the Amstel Gold Race in April. Then in May, she won her first Women's World Tour race with a large enough leading margin to move up ten places on the final stage to also win the general classification at Emakumeen Euskal Bira.[16]
Major results
- 2004
- Commonwealth Youth Games[17]
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 2005
- 2nd
- 2006
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 2007
- National Track Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 1st
- 2nd
- 2008
- 1st
- 2010
- 8th Overall Women's Tour of New Zealand
- 2011
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 4th Time trial
- 1st
- 3rd 7-Dorpenomloop Aalburg
- 4th Ronde van Gelderland
- 7th GP Comune di Cornaredo
- 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2013
- 3rd
- 3rd Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 6th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 7th Omloop van Borsele
- 8th Overall Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs
- 2014
- 2nd
- 4th Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Omloop van het Hageland
- 2015
- 1st Giro del Trentino Alto Adige - Südtirol
- 3rd Overall Ladies Tour of Norway
- 4th Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 6th SwissEver GP Cham-Hagendorn
- 8th Crescent Women World Cup Vargarda TTT
- 9th Overall Emakumeen Bira
- 2016
- 1st
- 1st Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2nd Overall Internationale Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen
- 5th Overall The Women's Tour
- 6th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 7th Overall Women's Tour Down Under
- 7th Crescent Women World Cup Vargarda
- 2017
- 1st
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Overall Giro Rosa
- 5th Overall Emakumeen Bira
- 1st Stage 2
- 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 6th La Course by Le Tour de France
- 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 8th Strade Bianche
- 2018
- 1st
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 3
- 1st
- 1st GP Cham-Hagendorn
- 2nd
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd Overall Giro Rosa
- 1st Stage 6
- 3rd Amstel Gold Race
- 4th Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 4th Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th Flèche Wallonne
- 2019
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Emakumeen Bira
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Women's Herald Sun Tour
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Trofeo Alfredo Binda
- 2nd Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria
- 3rd
- 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 3rd Overall Giro Rosa
- 4th Overall Bay Classic Series
- 1st Stage 1
- 2020
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Bay Classic Series
- 3rd overall Women's Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 2
- 3rd Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
See also
- 2014 Orica-AIS season
References
- "Amanda Spratt". Orica–AIS. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- "Mitchelton-Scott women announce 10-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 19 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
- Weislo, Laura (8 January 2020). "2020 Team Preview: Mitchelton-Scott Women". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
- "Australian Olympic Committee: Amanda Spratt". olympics.com.au. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Spratt claims 15th in women's road race". Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Spratt takes second Australian road race championship". Mitchelton-SCOTT GreenEDGE Cycling. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Spratt: Silver feels like a victory at World Championships | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Amanda Spratt". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- "Amanda Spratt". Team Jayco AIS. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- Georgakopoulos, Chris. "Amanda Spratt set to take it up a gear in London". Penrith Press. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- Cleggett, Michael (6 June 2012). "Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt eyes off Olympic berth". Blue Mountains Gazette. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- Cleggett, Michael (11 January 2012). "Springwood cyclist Amanda Spratt seals national road title". Blue Mountains Gazette. Archived from the original on 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- "London 2012 – Amanda Spratt". Australia: Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- "Women's Road Race: Results". london2012.com. 29 July 2012.
- Smith, Sophie (3 January 2018). "Spratt sacrifices Comm Games glory for Ardennes campaign". Cycling Central. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- Giuliani, Simone (23 May 2018). "PHOTO GALLERY: AMANDA SPRATT BREAKS THROUGH AT EMAKUMEEN BIRA". Ella Cycling Tips. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
- "Cycling Results". 2004 Commonwealth Youth Games. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
External links
- Amanda Spratt profile at GreenEDGE Cycling website
- Amanda Spratt at ProCyclingStats
