Emily Batty (born June 16, 1988) is a Canadian cross-country

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. She won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Championships. Batty is the current

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champion and was the silver medalist at the

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. She won the gold medal at the Pan Am games in

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in 2015 in her home country.

Career

Batty started racing in 1999 and raced in the Canada Cup Series by 2001. She competed for Trek World Racing in the

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season. Batty switched to the Subaru-Trek team in 2011. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed with a broken collar bone and bruised shoulders in the Women's cross-country at

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, finishing in 24th place. After the Olympics Emily broke through onto the podium at the

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. There she finished second on the podium behind teammate

Catharine Pendrel Catharine Pendrel (born September 30, 1980) is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker from Harvey Station, New Brunswick. A member of the Canadian National team since 2004, Pendrel was the world champion in cross-country mountain biking in 20 ...

. Following the race Pendrel said "I knew from training and the nationals that Emily was on fire, so I'm proud she got silver." The next multi-games competition for the Canadian riders was the

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on home soil in

. There Batty and Pendrel again found themselves in a one-two position, however this time Batty finished on top with a six-second advantage over Pendrel, winning the title of Pan Am Games champion. After the race Batty said "it's really just pushing each other. It doesn't matter who's first on the day as long as it's a Canadian. So we got gold and silver, which was amazing." For the 2016 Summer Olympics Batty competed for Canada, coming in as World Championships bronze medallist. At the Games she finished a close fourth to teammate Pendrel. After she said "after London with a broken collarbone, to being 10 metres from a bronze medal, it is a heartbreak. My preparation was amazing. I raced clean and I rode incredibly strong and just missed a medal by a couple of bike lengths so I have some mixed emotions."

Personal

Born in

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, 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. Batty raced on the team Trek Factory Racing between 2013 and 2020. For 2021 Batty will race for

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. She is coached by Adam Morka, who is also her husband.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Batty, Emily Cross-country mountain bikers Canadian female cyclists Living people Olympic cyclists of Canada Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Whitby, Ontario 1988 births Cyclists from Ontario Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canadian mountain bikers Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Pan American Games medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games