Susannah Kate Pryde (born 15 October 1973 in

Waipukurau Waipukurau is the largest town in the Central Hawke's Bay District on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the banks of the Tukituki River, 7 kilometres south of Waipawa and 50 kilometres southwest of Hastings, New ...

, New Zealand) is a New Zealand

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, who won a silver medal for New Zealand at the

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in the women's road race. At the

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she again won a silver medal in the cross country discipline. Pryde also competed for New Zealand in both the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and the

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. She rode the world road race championship four times finishing 16th in 1997 and

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. She won the New Zealand National Road Race Championships in 1998.

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* 1973 births Living people New Zealand female cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games People from Waipukurau New Zealand mountain bikers Sportspeople from Hawke's Bay 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub