Kirstie James

Kirstie Klingenberg (née James, born 25 May 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist and former rower. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's sprint, and Women's team pursuit.

She was a competitor in the women's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where she won a bronze medal. Kirstie competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she won silver in the team pursuit.

Klingenberg started in rowing but switched to cycling in 2012. She was diagnosed with endometriosis in 2016, and is an ambassador for Endometriosis New Zealand.

Major results

 * 2015
 * Oceania Track Championships, Invercargill, New Zealand
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Alysha Keith, Elizabeth Steel and Philippa Sutton)
 * 2nd Omnium


 * 2016
 * Oceania Track Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
 * 2nd Team Pursuit (with Bryony Botha, Alysha Keith and Nina Wollaston)
 * 3rd Individual Pursuit


 * 2017
 * 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
 * 3rd [[File:Bronze medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Jaime Nielsen and Michaela Drummond)
 * Elmhurst Cycling Classic Criterium, Chicago, IL, USA
 * 1st Place
 * Track Cycling National Championships, Invercargill, New Zealand
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Scratch Race
 * UCI Track Cycling World Cup Milton, Canada
 * 2nd [[File:Silver medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit
 * Uci Track Cycling World Cup Santiago, Chile
 * 1st [[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit
 * Uci Track Cycling World Cup Santiago, Chile
 * 1st [[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit


 * 2018
 * Oceania Cycling Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Bryony Botha, Rushlee Buchanan and Michaela Drummond)
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Individual Pursuit
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Points Race
 * 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Apdeldoorn, Netherlands
 * 6th Team Pursuit (with Racquel Sheath, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Michaela Drummond)
 * 6th Individual Pursuit
 * 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia
 * 2nd [[File:Silver medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit (with Bryony Botha, Racquel Sheath and Rushlee Buchanan)
 * 5th Individual Pursuit
 * 5th Scratch Race 2019
 * UCI Track Cycling World Cup Paris, France
 * 2nd [[File:Silver medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit UCI Track Cycling World Cup Milton, Canada
 * 3rd [[File:Bronze medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit
 * UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cambridge, New Zealand
 * 1st [[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit
 * Track Cycling National Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Individual Pursuit
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Scratch Race
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Points Race
 * 2nd Team Pursuit
 * 2nd Team Pursuit


 * 2019
 * Oceania Cycling Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team Pursuit (with Jessie Hodges, Nicole Sheilds and Emily Shearman)
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Individual Pursuit
 * UCI Track Cycling World Cup Cambridge, New Zealand
 * 1st [[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] Team Pursuit
 * Track Cycling National Championships, Cambridge, New Zealand
 * 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG Individual Pursuit
 * 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Pruskow, Poland
 * 3rd Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Michaela Drummond)
 * 4th Individual Pursuit


 * 2020
 * 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Berlin, Germany
 * 6th Team Pursuit (with Holly Edmondston, Rushlee Buchanan, Bryony Botha and Jaime Nielsen)