Kateřina Nash

Kateřina Nash
Personal information
Full nameKateřina Nash
BornKateřina Hanušová
(1977-12-09) 9 December 1977 (age 46)
Team information
Current teamClif Pro Team
Discipline
  • Road
  • Cyclo-cross
  • Mountain biking
RoleRider
Professional teams
2002–Luna Women's MTB Team[1]
2017–2018Team Illuminate (road)
Major wins
Cyclo-cross
National Championships (2010, 2011, 2015)
World Cup
7 individual wins (2009–10, 2011–12, 2014–152017–18, 2019–20)
Mountain bike
National XC Championships (2010, 2017)
XC World Cup
1 individual win (2013)
Medal record
Representing  Czech Republic
Women's cyclo-cross
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Sankt Wendel Elite
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Bieles Elite
Women's cross-country skiing
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Breitenwang 4 × 5 km relay
Silver medal – second place 1995 Gällivare 4 × 5 km relay

Kateřina Nash (née Hanušová; born 9 December 1977) is a Czech cross-country skier and cyclist who competed from 1994 to 2003 in skiing and is still active in cycling for the Clif Pro Team. Competing in two Winter Olympics, she finished sixth in the 4 × 5 km relay at Nagano in 1998 and had her best individual finish of 20th in the 15 km event in Salt Lake City in 2002.

Since September 2021 Nash serves as Vice-President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI).[2]

Career

Nash was born in Prachatice.

Cross-country skiing

Nash's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 19th in the 5 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Ramsau in 1999. Her best World cup finish was 18th in a 5 km + 5 km combined pursuit in the United States in 2001.

Nash earned four individual career victories up to 10 km in FIS races from 1997 to 2001.

Bicycle racing

In January 2010 she won an UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup race in Roubaix and also finished 4th in 2010 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships and 3rd in 2011 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships.

She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing in 14th place in the women's cross-country mountain bike event.[3]

On 16 September 2015 she won the CrossVegas Cyclocross World Cup race in Las Vegas, Nevada, which was the first-ever UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup race to be run outside Europe. Following her World Cup victory, she won The Night Weasels Cometh[4] in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts on 30 September 2015.

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[5]

Olympic Games

 Year   Age   5 km   10 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   Sprint   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1998 20 22 24 23 6
2002 24 20 62 40 4

World Championships

 Year   Age   5 km   15 km   Pursuit   30 km   4 × 5 km 
 relay 
1997 19 36
1999 21 33 33 19 7

World Cup

Season standings

 Season   Age 
Overall Long Distance Sprint
1996 18 NC
1997 19 76 49 NC
1998 20 75 48 NC
1999 21 48 58 63
2001 23 81 NC
2002 24 NC

Team podiums

  • 1 victory – (1 TS)
  • 1 podium – (1 TS)
No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate
1 1998–99 8 March 1999 Finland Vantaa, Finland Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Neumannová

Cycling results

Cyclo-cross

2007–2008
3rd Las Vegas
2008–2009
2nd Las Vegas
3rd UEC European Championships
UCI World Cup
3rd Pijnacker
2009–2010
1st National Championships
UCI World Cup
1st Roubaix
4th Hoogerheide
5th Nommay
2nd Las Vegas
4th UCI World Championships
4th UEC European Championships
2010–2011
1st National Championships
1st Las Vegas
3rd UCI World Championships
UCI World Cup
3rd Aigle
3rd Plzeň
3rd Kalmthout
5th Hoogerheide
2011–2012
UCI World Cup
1st Tábor
3rd Plzeň
3rd Hoogerheide
2012–2013
Bpost Bank Trophy
1st Baal
3rd Loenhout
Superprestige
1st Diegem
UCI World Cup
2nd Namur
3rd Fiuggi
4th Heusden-Zolder
4th UCI World Championships
2013–2014
1st Las Vegas
2014–2015
1st National Championships
UCI World Cup
1st Namur
2nd Heusden-Zolder
2nd Hoogerheide
Bpost Bank Trophy
1st Loenhout
1st Baal
Superprestige
3rd Diegem
5th UCI World Championships
2015–2016
UCI World Cup
1st Las Vegas
2016–2017
3rd Overall UCI World Cup
1st Namur
2nd Las Vegas
2nd Fiuggi
3rd Heusden-Zolder
4th Iowa City
Toi Toi Cup
1st Unicov
3rd UCI World Championships
Superprestige
3rd Diegem
DVV Trophy
3rd Antwerpen
2017–2018
UCI World Cup
1st Iowa City
4th Zeven
2018–2019
2nd Zonnebeke
Toi Toi Cup
2nd Kolin
UCI World Cup
3rd Waterloo
2019–2020
3rd Overall UCI World Cup
1st Waterloo
2nd Iowa City
5th Namur
Toi Toi Cup
1st Jabkenice
1st Unicov

Mountain bike

2009
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
3rd Pelham
3rd Colorado Springs
2010
1st Cross-country, National Championships
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Dalby Forest
5th Champéry
5th Val di Sole
3rd Dripping Springs
2011
3rd Monterey
3rd Missoula
UCI XCO World Cup
4th Mont-Sainte-Anne
2012
UCI XCO World Cup
2nd La Bresse
2nd Windham
3rd Nové Město
4th Mont-Sainte-Anne
2013
UCI XCO World Cup
1st Mont-Sainte-Anne
2nd Val di Sole
2nd Vallnord
2nd Mount Morris
4th Cross-country, UEC European Championships
2014
US Cup
1st Dripping Springs
1st San Dimas
1st Colorado Springs
2nd Fontana
1st Missoula
2nd Williston
UCI XCO World Cup
3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne
2015
US Cup
1st Fontana
2nd Colorado Springs
2016
US Cup
1st Monterey
1st Walpole
3rd San Dimas
Czech MTB Cup
2nd Kutná Hora
UCI XCO World Cup
4th La Bresse
4th Lenzerheide
5th Mont-Sainte-Anne
5th Cross-country, Olympic Games
2017
1st Cross-country, National Championships
2019
1st Overall Breckenridge
3rd Overall Midway
2021
1st Dolní Morava Marathon
2nd Telluride 100 Marathon
2023
3rd Overall Cape Epic
1st Prologue

References

  1. ^ "Katerina Nash-Hanusova". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
  2. ^ International Women’s Day: a chat with UCI Vice-President Katerina Nash
  3. ^ "London 2012 – Women's Cross Country Mountain Biking". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 8 October 2014.
  4. ^ Colin Reuter (October 2015). "NASH AND LINDINE DOMINATE AT 2015 NIGHT WEASELS: RACE REPORT AND FULL RESULTS". Cyclocross Magazine. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. ^ "HANUSOVA Katerina". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 2 January 2020.