Kate Courtney (born October 29, 1995) is an American cross-country mountain bike 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 28) San Francisco, United States
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Team information
Current team	Scott Sram MTB Racing
Discipline	Cross-Country Mountain bike racing
Role	Rider
Major wins
Mountain Bike World XC Championships (2018) National XC Championships (2017, 2018) Cape Epic (2018)
Medal record Women's mountain bike racing Representing  United States World Championships 2018 Lenzerheide Cross-country 2021 Val di Sole Team relay

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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] Her interest in cycling was piqued when, as a freshman, 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 events around the World. In 2012, Courtney became the first American woman to win a UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in the Junior category.

In 2013, Courtney graduated high school and left for Stanford University to study human biology.^[4] In the same year, she also signed her first professional contract with Specialized Bicycles.

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 also 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 where 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]

Courtney is a huge fan of sharks and Shark Week.^[11] Her other hobbies include skiing, surfing, yoga, and photography.^[4] In 2020, she starred in a concussion education video as part of the CrashCourse virtual reality series for TeachAids.^[12] She married Will Patterson in 2022.