Oliver Wood (cyclist)

Oliver Wood
Wood in 2024
Personal information
Born (1995-11-26) 26 November 1995 (age 28)
Wakefield, England
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamSaint Piran
Disciplines
RoleRider
Amateur team
2023Velo Schils Interbike Racing Team
Professional teams
2017WIGGINS[1]
2018JLT–Condor
2019–2023Canyon dhb p/b Bloor Homes[2][3]
2024–Saint Piran[4]
Major wins
Track
World Championships
Team pursuit (2022)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Madison
Silver medal – second place 2023 Glasgow Madison
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Grenchen Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Yvelines Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Plovdiv Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Grenchen Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich Team pursuit
U23 & Junior European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Athens U23 Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2014 Anadia U23 Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2015 Athens U23 Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montichiari U23 Team pursuit
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit

Oliver Wood (also known as Ollie or Oli, born 26 November 1995) is an English cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Saint Piran.

Wood represents Great Britain at international competitions in track cycling. He won a gold medal in the 2022 World Championships in the team pursuit, and has multiple silver and bronze medals in the team pursuit, madison, scratch race and omnium disciplines at other international championships.

  1. ^ "Wakefield starlet to take on Wiggins in Tour de Yorkshire". wakefieldexpress.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Canyon DHB p/b Soreen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 14 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Canyon dhb SunGod". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Saint Piran Pro Cycling announces 2024 Lloyds Bank Tour of Britain Squad". 31 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.