Rikki Belder

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

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

Belder holds the Australian Championship Record in the 500m Team Sprint (with Stephanie Morton). 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.

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. Belder studied Biomedical Engineering at Flinders University.

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

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

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

Palmares - Cycling

2018
2017
2016
2015
3rd Keirin, Austral Wheelrace Carnival
2014
Austral Wheelrace Carnival
1st Keirin
2nd Sprint
  • 3rd Keirin Oceania Track Championships
  • 3rd 500m Time Trial Oceania Track Championships

2013

2012

Sponsorship

Belder was a GKA Sports Distribution (https://www.gkasports.com.au) supported athlete.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "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. 1 2 3 Archives, Cycling. "Rikki Belder". www.cyclingarchives.com. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. 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. 1 2 "Meares and Perkins surge from behind to clinch keirin titles". Cycling. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "Cycling Australia". cycling.org.au. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Youthful 14-rider team named for UCI Track World Cup finale in Cali". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  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. ↑ "SASI Cycling - Athletes". sasi.sa.gov.au. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "ANU Spaces - Donna Jean Belder". ANU. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  12. ↑ "SA's fastest-rising stars under 30". Retrieved 4 February 2017.
  13. ↑ "Club Bid & Charity Bid Australia - One off Anna Meares Painting". www.charitybid.com.au. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  14. ↑ Cycling Australia (29 January 2014), Morton & Belder after the womens [sic] team sprint at 2014 Subaru CA Track Nationals, retrieved 5 February 2017
  15. ↑ "Meares/Belder Win on Australia Day". www.trackcyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Rikki Belder". twitter.com. Retrieved 4 February 2017.