Georgia Baker
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Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
.jpg) Baker in 2018 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 September 1994 Launceston, Tasmania, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Liv AlUla Jayco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Track Endurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ? | Northern Districts Cycling Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Team Polygon Australia[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Jayco/Apollo VIS[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014 | Wiggle–Honda[4] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | High5 Dream Team[5] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Orica–Scott | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | TIS Racing[6] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Team BikeExchange–Jayco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Georgia Baker (born 21 September 1994) is an Australian professional racing cyclist.[7] She rode in the women's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[8]
After taking a break from road racing in 2016 with the High5 Dream Team to focus on her Rio Olympics campaign, Baker signed for Orica-Scott to race in the Women's World Tour team for 2017.[9] In her first European race for the team at the end of May, Baker was among the 90 non-finishers of 121 that started at Gooik–Geraardsbergen–Gooik.[10]
Baker withdrew from the 2017 Women's Tour on the opening stage after experiencing a racing heart and sharp pains in her chest and arm.[11] She was diagnosed with supraventricular tachycardia, which is not a life-threatening condition, but needed to be treated to continue as an athlete. She had surgery in early August, and resumed training for a mixed road and track season in the run-up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[12] Following the successful surgery, Baker undertook a three-month training block in Australia before racing at the Oceania Track Championships in November 2017.[13]
Baker qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She was a member of the women's pursuit team. The team, consisting of Ashlee Ankudinoff, Georgia Baker, Annette Edmondson, Alexandra Manly and Maeve Plouffe, finished fifth.[14]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Baker won the gold medal in the women's team pursuit event alongside Sophie Edwards, Chloe Moran and Maeve Plouffe, setting a games record time of 4:14.06.
