Amy Cure

Cure competed in several races in 2006. She finished first in the U15 Individual Pursuit Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished first in the U15 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in Queensland. She finished second in the U15 Time Trial Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished second in the U15 Time Trial Australia Junior Road Titles in Queensland. She finished third in the U15 Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished fifth in the U15 Scratch Race Australia Junior Track Titles in Western Australia. She finished fifth in the U15 Criterium Australia Junior Road Titles in Queensland.[4]

Cure competed in several races in 2007. She finished[15] second in the U17 Pairs Time Trial Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished third in the U17 Individual Pursuit Australian Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Team Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Criterium Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished fourth in the U17 Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished seventh in the U17 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory.[4]

Cure competed in several races in 2008. She finished first in the U17 Scratch Race Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished first in the U17 Road Race Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished second in the U17 Individual Pursuit Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Team Sprint Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales. She finished third in the U17 Time Trial Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished fifth in the U17 Criterium Australia Junior Road Titles in the Australian Capital Territory. She finished seventh in the U17 Time Trial Australia Junior Track Titles in New South Wales.[4]

Cure competed in several races in 2009. She finished first in the Scratch Race UCI Junior World Championships in Russia.[4][9][12] In the Scratch Race UCI Junior World Championships, she beat Czech cyclist Lucie Záleská and Lithuanian Aleksandra Sošenko.[12] She finished first in the U19 Individual Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia.[9] She finished first in the Scratch Race Australia Youth Olympic Festival in Australia. She finished first in the Points Race Australia Youth Olympic Festival in Australia. She finished first in the overall U19 Mersey Valley Tour in Victoria. She finished second in the U19 Individual Pursuit Junior World Championships in Russia. She finished second in the Stage 1 TT Mersey Valley Tour in Victoria. She finished second in the U19 Scratch Race Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the U19 time trial Australian Championships in Queensland. She finished third in the Open Women's Team Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished third in the Individual Pursuit Australia Youth Olympic Festival in Australia. She finished fifth in the U19 Omnium Australian Championships in South Australia.[4][9][12] She finished sixth in the U19 Keirin Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished sixth in the U19 road race Australian Championships in Queensland. She finished twelfth in the U19 Time Trial Australian Championships in South Australia.[4]

In 2010, as a seventeen-year-old, Cure was described as "the next big thing in women's cycling."[9] She competed in several races in 2010. She finished first in the Individual Pursuit UCI Junior Track World Championships in Italy. She finished first in the Teams Pursuit UCI Junior Track World Championships in Italy. She finished first in the Scratch Race UCI Junior Track World Championships in Italy.[4][9] She finished first in the U19 Road Time Trial Australian Road Championships in New South Wales. She finished first in the U19 Points Race Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished first in the U19 Individual Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the Omnium Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the Teams Pursuit Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the Scratch Race Australian Championships in South Australia. She finished second in the U19 Selection Road Race Australian Road Championships in New South Wales. She finished second in the U19 Criterium Australian Road Championships in New South Wales. She finished third in the Time Trial UCI Junior Road World Championships in Italy. She finished third in the U19 Road Race Australian Road Championships in New South Wales.[4]

Cure competed in several races in 2011. She finished second in the Individual Pursuit Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished second in the U23 Time Trial Cycling Australia Road National Championships in Victoria. She finished third in the Scratch Race World Cup in Manchester and in the Overall Standings 10/11 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics. She finished third in the Scratch Race 10/11 UCI Track World Cup – Manchester Round in Great Britain. She finished third in the Scratch Race Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished third in the Points Race Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished fourth in the Team Pursuit Track World Championships in the Netherlands. She finished fourth in the Team Pursuit UCI Track World Championships in the Netherlands. She finished fifth in the Omnium Cycling Australia Track National Championships in New South Wales. She finished fifth in the U23 Criterium Cycling Australia Road National Championships in Victoria. She finished eighth in the Omnium UCI Track World Championships in the Netherlands.[4]

In February at the World Cup in London, Cure finished third in the team pursuit and individual pursuit events. She competed in the World Track Cycling Championships in Melbourne in the team pursuit event.[11] She also competed in the 3000m event.[16] In 2012, she won the second stage of the RaboSter Tour in the Netherlands.[5][6] She finished fourth in the third stage.[14] She finished second overall.[14]

Cure has been a member of the Australian national cycling team in several events including the 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival, the 2009 World Junior Track Championships in Russia, the 2010 Track World Cup Manchester in the Great Britain, the 2010 UCI Junior Road World Championships in Italy, the 2011 Track World Championships in the Netherlands, 2011/12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup London in Great Britain, and the 2012 Track World Championships.[4] She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in May 2012 as a nineteen-year-old,[4][7][8][17][18] where she will compete in the women's team pursuit event alongside Melissa Hoskins, Josie Tomic and Annette Edmondson.[18][19]