Rikki Belder

Rikki Belder (born 2 July 1993) is an Australian track cyclist, specialising in the sprint disciplines.[1][2] She is the current Oceania Champion and Gold Medallist in the Team Sprint (with Holly Takos & Courtney Field),[3] and has won five Australian National Titles in the same event, along with fellow team members Anna Meares OAM and Stephanie Morton OAM.[1][4][5]

Belder receives Keirin bronze behind Anna Meares and Stephanie Morton - 2016 Subaru Cycling Australia Track National Championships [6]

Rikki is currently the 2017 Subaru Cycling Australia Track Nationals Team Sprint Gold Medallist (with Stephanie Morton and Holly Takos) and Championship Record holder, and 500m Time Trial Silver Medallist. Belder has been competing at international level in Track Cycling since 2012 and was selected onto the Australian National Team, racing in the 2015 Union Cycliste Internationale – UCI Track Cycling World Cup III in Cali, Colombia, and 2017 Oceania Track Cycling Championships.[1][3][7][8]

Biography

Rikki Belder was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 2 July 1993. She lives and trains in Adelaide with the South Australian Sports Institute (SASI),[9] whilst concurrently studying Biomedical Engineering at Flinders University.[1] Belder Graduated Dux from Walford Anglican School for Girls in 2010.[10]

Rikki is the second daughter of Lyn and Gary Belder. Gary Belder ASM (Australian Sports Medal) is a former International Hockey Umpire and a life member of Hockey South Australia.[1][11] Rikki’s older sister Donna Belder, is a PhD candidate and scholarship holder in ornithology at the Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University (ANU).[12]

In 2014, The Advertiser listed Rikki Belder as one of South Australia's Fastest-Rising Stars Under 30. Rikki is also a talented artist [13][14] and was commissioned by Cycling Australia to design the 2016 Summer Olympics (Games of the XXXI Olympiad) Speed System aero helmet personalisation decals.

Painting by Rikki Belder of fellow Australian track cyclist Anna Meares - auctioned in a fundraiser for the Little Heroes Foundation [6]

Belder is a member of the South Coast Cycling Club and has co-designed the club’s kit, along with fellow member Isabella Dashorst.

Palmares - Cycling

[1][3]

2017
  • 1st Team Sprint (With Takos and Field) Oceania Championships VIC
  • 1st Team Sprint (With Morton and Takos) Australian Track National Championships QLD
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial Australian Track National Championships QLD
  • 4th Keirin Australian Track National Championships QLD
  • 6th Sprint Oceania Championships VIC
  • 6th Sprint Australian Track National Championships QLD
  • 10th Keirin Oceania Championships VIC
2016
  • 2nd Team Sprint (With Hargrave) Australian Track National Championships SA
  • 3rd Keirin Australian Track National Championships SA
3rd Keirin, ITS Melbourne Grand Prix
2015
  • 1st Team Sprint (With Meares and Morton) Australian Track National Championships VIC
  • 1st 500m Time Trial Australian Track National Championships VIC
  • 3rd Keirin Oceania Championships SA
3rd Keirin, Austral
2014
  • 1st Team Sprint (With Morton) Australian Track National Championships SA[15]
Austral
1st Keirin
2nd Sprint
Oceania Track Championships
3rd Keirin
3rd 500m Time Trial

2013

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

2012

  • 1st Team Sprint (With Meares) Australian Track National Championships SA[16]
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial Australian Track National Championships SA
  • 2nd 500m Time Trial Oceania Championships NZL
  • 2nd Team Sprint (With Falappi) Oceania Championships NZL

Sponsorship

Belder uses Vittoria Tires supplied by GKA Sports Distribution (http://www.gkasports.com.au).[17]

References
  1. "Cycling Australia > High Performance > Rider Profiles > Female > Rikki Belder". www.cycling.org.au. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  2. "2020 Development Camp: Developing next generation of sprinters". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  3. Archives, Cycling. "Rikki Belder". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  4. "2015 Australian Track Championships Results - Peloton Watch". www.pelotonwatch.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  5. "National Track Cycling Championships - DPTI - Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure South Australia". dpti.sa.gov.au. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  6. "Meares and Perkins surge from behind to clinch keirin titles". Cycling. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. "Youthful 14-rider team named for UCI Track World Cup finale in Cali". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  8. "Rikki Belder a star on the rise after Austral keirin win and World Cup selection | Peloton Watch". www.pelotonwatch.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  9. "SASI Cycling - Athletes". sasi.sa.gov.au. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  10. "Old Scholar Achievements". www.walford.net.au. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  11. "Life Members". www.hockeysa.com.au. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  12. "ANU Spaces - Donna Jean Belder". ANU. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  13. "Club Bid & Charity Bid Australia - One off Anna Meares Painting". www.charitybid.com.au. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  14. "SA's fastest-rising stars under 30". Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  15. Cycling Australia (29 January 2014), Morton & Belder after the womens team sprint at 2014 Subaru CA Track Nationals, retrieved 5 February 2017
  16. news@trackcyclingnews.com. "Meares/Belder Win on Australia Day". www.trackcyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  17. "Rikki Belder (@RikkiBelder) | Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
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