Katie Archibald

Katie Archibald
MBE
Archibald in 2017
Personal information
Born (1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 30)[1]
Chertsey, Surrey, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight67 kg (148 lb)[1]
Team information
Current teamCeratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Pursuitist (track)
  • Time trialist (road)
Amateur teams
Team Thomsons Cycles
City of Edinburgh Racing Club[2]
Professional teams
2014–2016Madison–Boot Out Breast Cancer Care
2017Team WNT
2018Wiggle High5
2022–Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
Major wins
Track
Olympic Games
Madison (2020)
Team pursuit (2016)
World Championships
Omnium (2017, 2021)
Madison (2018)
Team pursuit (2014, 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 0
World Championships 6 6 2
European Championships 20 5 1
Commonwealth Games 1 1 1
Total 29 13 4
Women's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Madison
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Cali Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2018 Apeldoorn Madison
Gold medal – first place 2021 Roubaix Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2015 Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2020 Berlin Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Points race
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ballerup Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2014 Guadeloupe Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2014 Guadeloupe Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Grenchen Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2015 Grenchen Elimination
Gold medal – first place 2015 Grenchen Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yvelines Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yvelines Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Individual pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Berlin Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2020 Plovdiv Points race
Gold medal – first place 2020 Plovdiv Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2021 Grenchen Madison
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Madison
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2016 Yvelines Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2017 Berlin Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apeldoorn Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Athens Individual pursuit
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Individual pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Glasgow Points race

Katie Archibald, MBE (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland.[3]

A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver medallists team in women's team pursuit, she is a champion in the same event at both the World (2014, 2023) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023) championships and former world record holder. She won her second Olympic gold medal in the inaugural women's Madison race at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo with her partner, Laura Kenny.

Individually, Archibald has been European champion in the elimination race in 2015, four times in the omnium in 2016, 2017, 2021 and 2023, in the scratch race in 2021, the women's Madison twice in 2021 and 2023 and a four time European champion in the individual pursuit between 2013 and 2017. In 2017 she secured her first individual global title, winning the Omnium at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and won a third world championship the following year when partnering Emily Nelson to win the Madison at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2021 she won her second individual world title, with a second world Omnium title.

Archibald's 20 gold medals in European elite track championships is an all-time record for that championships. She also holds the women's British national record for the individual pursuit.

Her brother, John, is also an elite cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Scotland.[4] Both won medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games representing Scotland; Katie won gold in the women's individual pursuit and John silver in the men's.

  1. ^ a b c "Katie Archibald: Biography". Glasgow 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Rider Profile: Katie Archibald". British Cycling. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  3. ^ Keir Murray (10 November 2013). "Katie Archibald on track to reach cycling's summit". BBC Sport Scotland. Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  4. ^ "Scottish cyclist John Archibald says sister's success lead him to victory". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 April 2018.