Kathryn ("Kathy") Ann Watt (born 11 September 1964) is an Australian

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s ...

who won two medals at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain (gold in the road race, and silver in the pursuit). She has won 24 national championships in road racing, track racing, and mountain bike, four

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

gold medals, and came third in the world time trial championship. She was made a life member o
Blackburn Cycling Club
in 1990. She was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. The daughter of marathoner Geoff Watt, Kathy Watt turned first to running, winning the national junior 3 km championship. She began to train on a bike after

achilles tendon The Achilles tendon or heel cord, also known as the calcaneal tendon, is a tendon at the back of the lower leg, and is the thickest in the human body. It serves to attach the plantaris, gastrocnemius (calf) and soleus muscles to the calcaneus ( ...

problems. For a while, she competed in duathlon (running and cycling), but found she was a better cyclist than runner. In 1996, Watt was in a legal dispute with the Australian Cycling Federation over who would race the pursuit in the Olympic Games. Watt had been told that she would be but was replaced a few days before the event by Lucy Tyler-Sharman. Watt appealed to the International

Court of Arbitration for Sport The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS; french: Tribunal arbitral du sport, ''TAS'') is an international body established in 1984 to settle disputes related to sport through arbitration. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland and its c ...

, claiming a breach of contract. The court ordered Watt to be reinstated in the race. In 2000, Watt again became involved in a controversy over a selection, but this time she was not successful in her appeal to the CAS. She retired after 2000 but came back three years later but was not successful in an attempt to qualify for the 2004 Olympics. After another retirement, Watt worked as a coach and personal trainer. However, she made another comeback to qualify for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in

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, where she won a silver medal in the

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. In January 2006, she won the time trial section of the Australian open road championship in Buninyong, Ballarat. Watt holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne is a public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in Victoria. Its main campus is located in Parkville, an inner suburb no ...

, with a major in physiology and pathology. She studied nutrition, anatomy, and physiotherapy. She attended Tintern Church of England Girls' Grammar, now

Tintern Grammar , motto_translation = By deeds not words , established = 1877 , type = Independent, co-educational , denomination = Anglican , slogan = , principal = Brad ...

. In 2015, she was an inaugural Cycling Australia Hall of Fame inductee.

Palmarès

Source: ;1990 :Commonwealth Games ::Road Race – 1st ::Track Pursuit – 2nd :Giro d'Italia ::Final Overall GC – 3rd ::1 stage victory ;1992 :Olympic Games ::Road Race – Gold Medal ::3 km Pursuit (track) – Silver : MaillotAustralia

Australian Road Race Championships – 1st ;1994 :Giro d'Italia ::Final Overall GC – 2nd ::3 stage victories :Giro del Piave – 1st :Canberra Stage Race ::Final Overall GC – 1st ::5 stage victories ;1995 :World Time Trial Championship – 3rd ;1996 : MaillotAustralia

Australian Championships ::Road Race – 2nd place ::Time Trial – 1st place ;1997 :Oceania Championships ::Road Race – 2nd place ::Time Trial – 1st place ;1998 :World Time Trial Championship – 6th :GP des Nations Time Trial – 2nd :Grande Boucle (Tour Cycliste Féminin) ::stage 12b – 3rd :Tour Féminin de Bretagne ::Overall – 2nd ::Prologue – 2nd ::stage 1 – 1st ::stage 5 – 2nd :Grazia Tour ::Overall – 2nd ::stage 2 – 2nd ::stage 3 – 3rd ::stage 4 – 1st :Tour de l'Aude ::Overall – 7th ::Prologue (Gruissan) – 2nd ::stage 5 (Castelnaudary TT)- 2nd ::stage 6a (Axat to Belcaire) – 2nd :GP Presov and Pravda ::Overall – 1st ::stage 1 (TT) – 1st ::stage 2 (Criterium) – 2nd ::stage 3 (Road Race) – 3rd ::stage 4 (Road Race) – 3rd ;1999 :Tour de 'Toona ::Overall – 2nd ::stage 2 – 3rd ::stage 4 – 2nd ::stage 5 – 1st :Grazia Tour ::Overall – 7th ::stage 3 – 3rd :Women's Challenge ::stage 4 (Sun Valley Time Trial) – 5th ::stage 9 (Burley to Buhl) – 2nd :Tour de Snowy ::stage 5 – 3rd ;2005 :Chrono Champenois – 1st :GP International Feminin Bretagne (cat. 2) – 2nd GC :Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) – stage ;2006 ( Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam) :Commonwealth Games ::Individual road time trial – 2nd ::Australian Open Road Championship Time Trial – 1st ;2007 :Australian Open Road Championship ::Time Trial – 2nd ::Road Race – 9th : 1st Overall

Tour de Perth The Tour de Perth is an amateur road bicycle racing stage-race in Australia, established in 2006. There was a women's stage race between 2007 in women's road cycling, 2007 and 2009 in women's road cycling, 2009. Honours Men's Women's Sou ...

;2008 : Australian Open Road Championship ::Time Trial – 4th ::Road Race – 19th

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