Katerina Nash

A professional athlete who regularly competes at the global level, Katerina Nash currently serves as a member of the Clif Bar & Company's Luna Pro Cycling Team. Nash is the only competing member who has been with the Emeryville, California, team since its inception in June of 2000. In addition to her endorsement from the energy bar company, Katerina Nash is supported by generous sponsorships from Oakley Sunglasses; Orbea bicycles; and Shimano, a Japanese manufacturer of cycling components, fishing tackle, and rowing equipment.

By the time Katerina Nash was 24, she had already competed in three Olympic Games as both a cyclist and a cross-country skier. Nash moved from the Czech Republic to the United States in January of 2000, when she was offered a cross-country skiing scholarship from the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). Her introduction to the outskirts of Reno sparked a lifelong affection for the open spaces of the Sierra Nevada region. Katerina Nash presently lives in a small community near Lake Tahoe. While attending UNR, Nash spent her winters training and skiing for her native Czech Republic in the second of two Olympic Games. Her summers, however, were devoted to the growing sport of mountain biking.

In 2004, she earned the opportunity to represent her native Czech Republic once again at the Olympic level. Trading the winter games for the summer, Katerina Nash was off to Atlanta where she ultimately placed 19th in the cross-country mountain bike event. Although she was forced to sit out the 2008 Olympics due to a knee injury, Nash will compete again in 2012. Her performance at the World Cup in La Bresse officially qualified Katerina Nash for a spot on the Czech Republic Cycling Team at the Summer Olympics in London.