Rikki_Belder

Rikki Belder

Rikki Belder

Former Australian cyclist

Rikki Belder (born 2 July 1993) is a former Australian track sprint cyclist.[1][2] She was the 2017 Oceania Champion in the 500m Team Sprint (with Holly Takos and Courtney Field),[3] and has won six Australian Titles in the same event with fellow South Australian team members Anna Meares OAM and Stephanie Morton OAM.[1][4][5]

Belder receives Keirin bronze at the 2016 Subaru Cycling Australia Track National Championships [6]

Belder holds the Australian Championship Record in the 500m Team Sprint (with Stephanie Morton).[7] She represented Australia at the 2015 Union Cycliste Internationale – UCI Track Cycling World Cup III in Cali, Colombia, and at the 2017 Oceania Track Cycling Championships.[1][3][8][9]

Biography

Rikki Belder was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 2 July 1993. She was a scholarship holder at the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) from 2011 - 2017.[10] Belder studied Biomedical Engineering at Flinders University.[1]

She is the daughter of Lyn and Gary Belder.[1] Sister Donna Belder, held a PhD research scholarship in ornithology at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University (ANU).[11]

In 2014, Rikki Belder was listed as one of South Australia's Fastest-Rising Stars Under 30[12]. Belder has completed some art work for charity.[13]

Painting by Rikki Belder of Australian track cyclist Anna Meares - auctioned to raise funds for the Little Heroes Foundation[6]

Palmares - Cycling

[1][3]

2018
  • 1st MaillotAustralia 500m Team Sprint (With Morton and Takos) Australian National Championships QLD
  • 3rd Keirin Australian National Championships QLD
2017
  • 1st 500m Team Sprint (With Takos and Field) Oceania Championships VIC
  • 1st MaillotAustralia 500m Team Sprint (With Morton and Takos) Australian National Championships QLD
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial Australian National Championships QLD
  • 4th Keirin Australian National Championships QLD
  • 6th Sprint Oceania Championships VIC
  • 6th Sprint Australian National Championships QLD
  • 10th Keirin Oceania Championships VIC
2016
  • 2nd 500m Team Sprint (With Hargrave) Australian National Championships SA
  • 3rd Keirin Australian National Championships SA
  • 3rd Keirin, ITS Melbourne Grand Prix
2015
  • 1st MaillotAustralia 500m Team Sprint (With Meares and Morton) Australian National Championships VIC
  • 1st MaillotAustralia 500m Time Trial Australian National Championships VIC
  • 3rd Keirin Oceania Championships SA
3rd Keirin, Austral Wheelrace Carnival
2014
  • 1st MaillotAustralia 500m Team Sprint (With Morton) Australian National Championships SA[14]
Austral Wheelrace Carnival
1st Keirin
2nd Sprint
  • 3rd Keirin Oceania Track Championships
  • 3rd 500m Time Trial Oceania Track Championships

2013

  • 1st MaillotAustralia 500m Team Sprint (With Morton) Australian National Championships NSW
  • 2nd 500m Team Sprint (With Morton) Oceania Championships NSW
  • 3rd 500m Time Trial Australian National Championships NSW

2012

  • 1st MaillotAustralia 500m Team Sprint (With Meares) Australian National Championships SA[15]
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial Australian National Championships SA
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial Oceania Championships NZL
  • 2nd Team Sprint (With Falappi) Oceania Championships NZL

Sponsorship

Belder was a GKA Sports Distribution (http://www.gkasports.com.au)[16] supported athlete.

References

  1. [1]
    "Cycling Australia > High Performance > Rider Profiles > Female > Rikki Belder". www.cycling.org.au. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. [2]
    "2020 Development Camp: Developing next generation of sprinters". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. [3]
    Archives, Cycling. "Rikki Belder". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. [4]
    "2015 Australian Track Championships Results - Peloton Watch". www.pelotonwatch.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. [5]
    "National Track Cycling Championships - DPTI - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure South Australia". dpti.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Meares and Perkins surge from behind to clinch keirin titles". Cycling. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. [7]
    "Cycling Australia". cycling.org.au. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Youthful 14-rider team named for UCI Track World Cup finale in Cali". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  9. [9]
    "Rikki Belder a star on the rise after Austral keirin win and World Cup selection | Peloton Watch". www.pelotonwatch.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  10. [10]
    "SASI Cycling - Athletes". sasi.sa.gov.au. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  11. [11]
    "ANU Spaces - Donna Jean Belder". ANU. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  12. [12]
    "SA's fastest-rising stars under 30". Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  13. [13]
    "Club Bid & Charity Bid Australia - One off Anna Meares Painting". www.charitybid.com.au. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  14. [14]
    Cycling Australia (29 January 2014), Morton & Belder after the womens team sprint at 2014 Subaru CA Track Nationals, retrieved 5 February 2017
  15. [15]
    "Meares/Belder Win on Australia Day". www.trackcyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  16. [16]
    "Rikki Belder". twitter.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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