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Kate Courtney (cyclist)

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Kate Courtney
Kate Courtney poses for portrait with Red Bull while training in Sedona, Arizona on February 27, 2019.
Personal information
Born (1995-10-29) October 29, 1995 (age 30)
San Francisco, United States
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Team information
Current teamFDJ United–Suez
Discipline
RoleRider
Major wins
Mountain bike
World Marathon Championships (2025)
World XC Championships (2018)
National XC Championships (2017, 2018)
XC World Cup (2019)
3 individual wins (2019)
Cape Epic (2018)
Road

One-day races and classics

National Road Race Championships (2026)
Medal record
Women's mountain bike racing
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 ValaisMarathon
Gold medal – first place2018 LenzerheideCross-country
Silver medal – second place2021 Val di SoleTeam relay

Kate Courtney (born October 29, 1995) is an American cross-country mountain bike cyclist.

Early life

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Born to Maggie and Tom Courtney in October 1995, Kate Courtney grew up in Marin County, California at the base of Mount Tamalpais, which is considered to be the birthplace of mountain biking.[1] Courtney was introduced to cycling at a young age by her father and they would ride a mountain-bike tandem up Mount Tamalpais together.[2] [better source needed] She joined her school mountain bike team at Branson High School.[3] While at high school, Courtney competed for the USA National Team and Whole Athlete Development Team in international events. In 2012, Courtney became the first American woman to win a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Junior category.

In 2013, Courtney went to Stanford University to study human biology.[4] In the same year, she signed her first professional contract with Specialized Bicycles.[citation needed]

Professional cycling career

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After graduating from Stanford University in 2017, Courtney began racing full-time and in her first full season in 2017 won four U23 World Cups and the U23 World Cup overall title, and took a silver medal at the U23 world championship.[5] She is a two-time US cross-country (XC) national champion, having won the title in 2017 and 2018. Courtney participated at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, winning the gold medal in the women's elite cross country race.[6] It was the first such win for an American since 2001.[7]

In 2018, Courtney took part in the Cape Epic Stage race with her Specialized teammate Annika Langvad; the teammates won seven individual stages and took the Overall team victory.[3]

In 2019, Courtney left Specialized for the Scott-SRAM team headed by Swiss mountain bike legend, Thomas Frischknecht .[8][9] She ended the season as the UCI World Cup series winner.[10]

In 2020, Courtney appeared in a concussion education video as part of the CrashCourse virtual reality series for TeachAids.[11] In 2024, Courtney appeared alongside Tom Cruise in a video promoting the 2028 Summer Olympics which was shown at the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony.[12]

In June 2026, Courtney won the road race at the United States National Road Race Championships.[13] The following month, FDJ–Suez announced that the team had signed Courtney with immediate effect through December 2028.[14]

Major results

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Mountain bike

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2016
2nd Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
1st Cairns
2nd Lenzerheide
2017
1st Cross-country, National Championships
1st Overall UCI Under-23 XCO World Cup
1st Nové Město
1st Lenzerheide
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
1st Val di Sole
2nd Albstadt
2nd Vallnord
2018
1st Cross-country, UCI World Championships
1st Cross-country, National Championships
1st Overall Cape Epic (with Annika Langvad)
2019
1st Overall UCI XCO World Cup
1st Albstadt
1st Nové Město
1st Les Gets
2021
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Savognin
2nd Leukerbad
Internazionali d’Italia Series
1st Legend Cup
2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
2022
Swiss Bike Cup
1st Basel
2023
Pan American Championships
1st Short track
1st Cross-country
2025
1st Marathon, UCI World Championships
1st Leadville Trail 100 MTB

Road

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2026 (1 pro win)
1st Road race, National Championships
1st Stage 4 Tour de Feminin
4th Tre Valli Varesine

References

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  1. ↑ Heil, Greg (August 30, 2012). "Visiting the Birthplace of Mountain Biking: Marin County, California". Singletracks Mountain Bike News. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  2. ↑ Scott-Sram MTB Racing Team (May 16, 2019), "Rising – Ep 1: Roots w/ Kate Courtney", youtube.com, retrieved June 11, 2019
  3. 1 2 "About". KateCourtney.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kate Courtney". Team USA. Archived from the original on January 1, 2016. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Kate Courtney". CyclingTips. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Cross-country results". tissottiming.com. Archived from the original on October 14, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
  7. ↑ "Mountain Biker Kate Courtney - Marin Magazine - December 2018 - Marin County, California". marinmagazine.com. November 10, 2018. Archived from the original on March 10, 2019. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ "MTB World Champion Kate Courtney to leave Specialized". cyclingnews.com. December 30, 2018. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  9. ↑ "Farewell to Kate Courtney", youtube.com, December 30, 2018, retrieved June 11, 2019
  10. ↑ "Kate Courtney secures MTB World Cup title with podium finish". velonews.com. September 8, 2019. Archived from the original on September 15, 2019. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  11. ↑ "Kate Courtney presents CrashCourse concussion brain fly-through". cyclingnews.com. July 14, 2020. Archived from the original on November 27, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Kate Courtney receives the Olympic flag from Tom Cruise in the transition towards Los Angeles 2028". BrujulaBike. Archived from the original on December 7, 2025. Retrieved August 16, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Courtney and Simmons Win Elite Road Race National Titles on the Final Day of the 2026 Pro Road National Championships". USA Cycling. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
  14. ↑ "FDJ UNITED-SUEZ welcomes US champion Kate Courtney". FDJ Suez. Archived from the original on July 27, 2026. Retrieved July 21, 2026.
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