Georgia Baker Explained
Georgia Baker |
Birth Date: | 21 September 1994 |
Birth Place: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Height: | 1.79 m |
Weight: | 66 kg |
Discipline: | Track Road |
Role: | Rider |
Ridertype: | Track Endurance |
Amateuryears1: | ? |
Amateurteam1: | Northern Districts Cycling Club[1] |
Amateuryears2: | 2013 |
Amateurteam2: | Team Polygon Australia[2] |
Amateuryears3: | 2014 |
Amateurteam3: | Jayco/Apollo VIS[3] |
Proyears1: | 2014 |
Proteam1: | [4] |
Proyears2: | 2015–2016 |
Proteam2: | High5 Dream Team[5] |
Proyears3: | 2017 |
Proyears4: | 2018 |
Proteam4: | TIS Racing[6] |
Proyears5: | 2022– |
Show-Medals: | yes |
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, Baker signed for Orica-Scott to race in the Women's World Tour team for 2017.[9] In her first European race for the team at the end of May, Baker was among the 90 non-finishers of 121 that started at Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik.[10]
Baker withdrew from the 2017 Women's Tour on the opening stage after experiencing a racing heart and sharp pains in her chest and arm.[11] She was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, which is not a life-threatening condition, but needed to be treated to continue as an athlete. She had surgery in early August, and resumed training for a mixed road and track season in the run-up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[12] Following the successful surgery, Baker undertook a three-month training block in Australia before racing at the Oceania Track Championships in November 2017.[13]
Baker qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was a member of the women's pursuit team. The team, consisting of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, Alexandra Manly and Maeve Plouffe, finished fifth.[14]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Baker won the gold medal in the women's team pursuit event alongside Sophie Edwards, Chloe Moran and Maeve Plouffe, setting a games record time of 4:14.06.
Major results
- 2014
2nd Team pursuit, Oceania Track Championships
- 2015
Oceania Track Championships
1st Individual Pursuit
1st Omnium
2nd Points race
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Madison, Austral (with Danielle McKinnirey)
- 2016
1st Points race, Oceania Track Championships
- 2022
1st Road race, Commonwealth Games
1st Stage 2 Thüringen Ladies Tour
3rd Team relay, UCI Road World Championships
4th Scheldeprijs
7th GP OetingenNotes and References
- News: HPU Rider Profiles, Georgia Baker . 1 August 2017 . Cycling Australia . https://web.archive.org/web/20170711090232/http://cycling.org.au/High-Performance/Rider-Profiles/ProfileId/31/Georgia-Baker . 11 July 2017 . dead.
- News: TEAM POLYGON AUSTRALIA . 1 August 2017 . Polygon Bikes Team . https://web.archive.org/web/20170801153150/http://www.polygonbikes.com/de/blog/team-polygon-australia . 1 August 2017 . dead.
- News: Woodpower . Zeb . NRS team feature: Jayco/Apollo VIS Women's Team . 1 August 2017 . Cycling News . 15 August 2014.
- News: Georgia Baker Makes Home Debut For Wiggle Honda At Launceston Classic . 7 November 2017 . Wiggle High5 . 5 December 2014.
- News: New Australian women's cycling team High5 Dream Team launched . 1 August 2017 . The Guardian . 9 January 2015.
- News: Fair . Alex . Devonport's Macey Stewart signed by Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling Team for 2018 . 7 November 2017 . The Advocate . 6 November 2017.
- Web site: Georgia Baker . 3 March 2016 . Cycling Archives.
- http://www.tissottiming.com/File/Download?id=00030D0001021463FFFFFFFFFFFFFF02 Qualifying results
- News: Final signing confirms the complete ORICA-AIS team for 2017 . 1 August 2017 . GreenEDGE Cycling . 8 November 2016.
- News: Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik . 1 August 2017 . UCI . 28 May 2017.
- News: Homfray . Reece . The Coffee Ride #147, with Reece Homfray . 1 August 2017 . The Advertiser . 28 June 2017.
- News: Smith . Adam . Tasmanian cycling star Georgia Baker all set for surgery to overcome heart complaint . 1 August 2017 . The Mercury . 21 July 2017.
- News: Smith . Adam . Now the surgery is over, Baker is back on track for Gold Coast . 14 August 2017 . The Mercury . 12 August 2017.
- Web site: Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 2022-01-14 . The Roar . en-US.