Georgia Baker

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]

Georgia Baker
Georgia Baker in 2018
Personal information
Born (1994-09-21) 21 September 1994
Launceston, Tasmmania, Australia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamOrica–Scott
DisciplineTrack
Road
RoleRider
Rider typeTrack Endurance
Amateur teams
?Northern Districts Cycling Club[1]
2013Team Polygon Australia[2]
2014Jayco/Apollo VIS[3]
Professional teams
2014Wiggle–Honda[4]
2015–2016High5 Dream Team[5]
2017Orica–Scott
2018–TIS Racing[6]
Medal record
World Championships
2019 PruszkówTeam pursuit
2019 PruszkówMadison

Cycling career

After taking a break from road racing in 2016 with the High5 Dream Team to focus on her Rio Olympics campaign, Orica-Scott announced signing Baker to race in the Women's World Tour team for 2017.[9]

In her first European race for the Orica-Scott team at the end of May, Baker was among the 90 non-finishers of 121 that started at Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik.[10]

Baker in her second race on the opening stage at The Women's Tour at the start of June after a racing heart and sharp pains were felt in her chest and arm, exercising caution having lost her father to a heart attack in 2015, she withdrew from the race.[11] She was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, while not life-threatening, needed to be treated to continue as an athlete. She was booked in for surgery in early August, in the hopes to resume training for a mixed road and track season in the run up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[12] Following a successful surgery, Baker undertook a three-month training block in Australia before racing at the Oceania Track Championships in November 2017.[13]

Major results
2014
2nd Team Pursuit, Oceania Track Championships (with Ashlee Ankudinoff, Lauren Perry, Rebecca Wiasak and Elissa Wundersitz)
2015
Oceania Track Championships
1st Individual Pursuit
1st Omnium
2nd Points Race
2nd Team Pursuit (with Macey Stewart, Lauren Perry and Elissa Wundersitz)
2nd Madison, Austral (with Danielle McKinnirey)
2016
1st Points race, Oceania Track Championships

References
  1. "HPU Rider Profiles, Georgia Baker". Cycling Australia. Archived from the original on 11 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. "TEAM POLYGON AUSTRALIA". Polygon Bikes Team. Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. Woodpower, Zeb (15 August 2014). "NRS team feature: Jayco/Apollo VIS Women's Team". Cycling News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  4. "Georgia Baker Makes Home Debut For Wiggle Honda At Launceston Classic". Wiggle High5. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. "New Australian women's cycling team High5 Dream Team launched". The Guardian. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  6. Fair, Alex (6 November 2017). "Devonport's Macey Stewart signed by Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling Team for 2018". The Advocate. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  7. "Georgia Baker". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  8. Qualifying results
  9. "Final signing confirms the complete ORICA-AIS team for 2017". GreenEDGE Cycling. 8 November 2016. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  10. "Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik". UCI. 28 May 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  11. Homfray, Reece (28 June 2017). "The Coffee Ride #147, with Reece Homfray". The Advertiser. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  12. Smith, Adam (21 July 2017). "Tasmanian cycling star Georgia Baker all set for surgery to overcome heart complaint". The Mercury. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  13. Smith, Adam (12 August 2017). "Now the surgery is over, Baker is back on track for Gold Coast". The Mercury. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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