Leigh Howard

Leigh Howard
Howard in 2018
Personal information
Full nameLeigh Howard
Born (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 35)
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
0Geelong CC
2009Australian Institute of Sport
2009Team Toshiba
Professional teams
2010–2011Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2015GreenEDGE[1]
2016IAM Cycling
2017Aqua Blue Sport
2018–2019ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast
Major wins
Track
Madison, World Championships (2010, 2011)
Omnium, World Championships (2009)
Team pursuit, World Championships (2019)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pruszków Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2010 Ballerup Madison
Gold medal – first place 2011 Apeldoorn Madison
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2008 Manchester Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2010 Ballerup Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pruszków Madison
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pruszków Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Melbourne Madison
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit

Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Weisford and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Howard also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.[2]

  1. ^ "GreenEdge snares Howard". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Leigh HOWARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.