Katharine Ford

Katharine Ellen Ford (born April 1986) in Glasgow, is a British ultra-cyclist and epilepsy campaigner.

She is currently a Trustee of London disability sport charity Interactive,[1] and former Trustee of the Herne Hill Velodrome Trust in London.[2]

To date Katharine is still the youngest British female to officially complete the Race Across America,[3] across all its categories, in her 4 lady team, aged 22 years and 2 months while still an Undergraduate student. She graduated as a Bachelor of Arts in Sport, from Durham University in 2010.

In 2012 she was nominated to carry the Olympic flame, which she did on the 26 July 2012 in the London Borough of Camden. Her nomination was for her achievement in cycling and in raising epilepsy awareness.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "Welcome to Interactive Trustees". Interactive.uk.net. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  2. ↑ "£400K More Funding for Herne Hill". Britishcycling.org.uk. 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  3. ↑ "UltraMarathon Cycling Association". Ultracycling.com. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  4. ↑ "Spotlight on Camden torchbearer Katharine Ford". Love Camden. Retrieved 2013-10-15.
  5. ↑ http://news.stv.tv/east-central/151164-ultra-cyclist-katie-overcomes-epilepsy-to-conquer-america/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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