Rie Katayama
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rie Katayama 片山梨絵 |
| Born | 13 September 1979 Suita, Japan |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Mountain bike |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Cross-country |
Rie Katayama (片山梨絵, Katayama Rie; born 13 September 1979) is a Japanese cross-country mountain biker.[1] At the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's cross-country event, finishing in 20th place.[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 20th place again. In October 2012, she announced she would be retiring as a professional cyclist.[3]
References
- ↑ London2012.com Archived 22 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Beijing 2008 - Women's Mountain Bike". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "Katayama Rie ga konki kagiri intai o hyōmei". Cyclowired. Retrieved 8 October 2012.
- Rie Katayama at Cycling Archives (archive)
Categories:
- Cross-country mountain bikers
- Japanese female cyclists
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Olympic cyclists for Japan
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Suita
- Cyclists from Osaka Prefecture
- Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan
- 21st-century Japanese sportswomen
- Japanese cycling biography stubs