Kirstie Klingenberg (née James, born 25 May 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist and former rower. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's sprint, and Women's team pursuit.
She was a competitor in the women's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where she won a bronze medal. Kirstie competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she won silver in the team pursuit.
Klingenberg started in rowing but switched to cycling in 2012. She was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2016, and is an ambassador for Endometriosis New Zealand.
Major results
- 2015
- Oceania Track Championships, Invercargill, New Zealand
- 1st Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Alysha Keith, Elizabeth Steel and Philippa Sutton)
- 2nd Omnium
- 2016
- Oceania Track Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 2nd Team Pursuit (with Bryony Botha, Alysha Keith and Nina Wollaston)
- 3rd Individual Pursuit
- 2017
- 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 3rd Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Jaime Nielsen and Michaela Drummond)
- Elmhurst Cycling Classic Criterium, Chicago, IL, USA
- 1st Place
- Track Cycling National Championships, Invercargill, New Zealand
- 1st Scratch Race
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Milton, Canada
- 2nd Team Pursuit
- Uci Track Cycling World Cup Santiago, Chile
- 1st Team Pursuit
- 2018
- Oceania Cycling Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Bryony Botha, Rushlee Buchanan and Michaela Drummond)
- 1st Individual Pursuit
- 1st Points Race
- 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apdeldoorn, Netherlands
- 6th Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Michaela Drummond)
- 6th Individual Pursuit
- 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia
- 2nd Team Pursuit (with Bryony Botha, Racquel Sheath and Rushlee Buchanan)
- 5th Individual Pursuit
- 5th Scratch Race 2019
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Paris, France
- 2nd Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup Milton, Canada
- 3rd Team Pursuit
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st Team Pursuit
- Track Cycling National Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st Individual Pursuit
- 1st Scratch Race
- 1st Points Race
- 2nd Team Pursuit
- 2019
- Oceania Cycling Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st Team Pursuit (with Jessie Hodges, Nicole Sheilds and Emily Shearman)
- 1st Individual Pursuit
- UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st Team Pursuit
- Track Cycling National Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
- 1st Individual Pursuit
- 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Pruskow, Poland
- 3rd Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Michaela Drummond)
- 4th Individual Pursuit
- 2020
- 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Berlin, Germany
- 6th Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Jaime Nielsen)
References
External links
- Kirstie James at Cycling Archives (archived, or current page in French)
- Official website
