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Kelly Catlin
- November 3, 1995
- March 8, 2019
- 23 years
- suicide
About Kelly Catlin
Kelly Catlin was a notable figure from United States. Born in 1995, Catlin died in 2019 at the age of 23.
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Full Biography
|Kelly Catlin (November 3, 1995 – March 7, 2019) was an American professional racing cyclist who rode for UCI Women's Team Human Powered Health. Catlin won gold medals in the women's team pursuit at the 2016, 2017, and 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She also won a silver medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Catlin was born in St. Paul, Minnesota; she was a triplet, with a brother and sister. She earned a degree in mathematics and Chinese from the University of Minnesota, and was studying at Stanford University for a graduate degree in computational and mathematical engineering. In addition to her career as a professional road cyclist, Catlin was an artist and a violinist.
Catlin died on March 7, 2019, at Stanford University following an episode of depression. According to her sister, she died by suicide months after suffering a concussion due to a cycling accident. The university issued a statement saying that Catlin's roommate found her dead in her on-campus residence without any sign of foul play. Following her death, her family donated Catlin's brain to the Concussion Legacy Foundation Brain Bank at Boston University for further research into concussions.
Cycling
Catlin started cycling at age 17. She participated in the UCI Track Cycling World Championships three times and won gold medals in all of them. Catlin won gold medals in the women's team pursuit at the 2016, 2017, and 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She also won a silver medal in the same event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She was a member of the women's team of Rally UHC Cycling.
Major results
- 2015
- 2nd Individual pursuit, Independence Day Grand Prix
- 2016
- 1st Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
- 2017
- UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 2018
- UCI Track World Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships
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Articles & News
- "Kelly Catlin: Three-time world track champion dies aged 23"bbc.co.uk
- "USA's Kelly Catlin, three-time cycling world champion, dies aged 23"theguardian.com
- "U.S. Olympic medalist Kelly Catlin dies at age 23"reuters.com
- "Family of cyclist Kelly Catlin to donate her brain for research; fund created in her honor"eu.usatoday.com
- " 'She had changed': Did a concussion push Kelly Catlin to a breaking point?"theguardian.com
- Kelly Catlin: A family's search for answers on links between concussion and suicide (BBC December 16, 2021)bbc.co.uk
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