Freddy Ovett

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Freddy Ovett
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Ovett at the 2018 Deutschland Tour
Personal information
Full nameFreddy Ovett
Born (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 29)
Dumfries, Scotland
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Team information
Discipline
  • Road
  • Gravel [1]
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2014Carnegie Caulfield CC
2015Chambéry CF
2017Caja Rural–Seguros RGA Amateur
Professional teams
2016 SEG Racing Academy
2018–2019 ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast
2018 BMC Racing Team (stagiaire)
2019 Israel Cycling Academy (stagiaire)
2020 Israel Cycling Academy [2]
2021–2022 L39ION of Los Angeles [3] [4]
Medal record
Men's Cycling Esports
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 New York Men's race

Freddy Ovett (born 16 January 1994) is a British-born Australian professional off-road cyclist. He has previously been a stagiaire with UCI WorldTeam BMC Racing Team in 2018, and UCI Professional Continental team Israel Cycling Academy in 2019. [5]

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Personal life

Ovett was born in Dumfries, Scotland. His father, Steve Ovett, competed for Great Britain in middle-distance running during the 1970s and the 1980s; he won gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 800 metres, [6] and the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the 5000 metres. [7] Ovett himself also competed as a runner before cycling and still occasionally does, having completed the 2021 Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:48:55 and the Sant Silvestre de Girona 5k in 14:41. [8] [9]

His uncle, Nick Ovett, competed for Great Britain in the luge at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.

Major results

2018
2nd Tour de Okinawa
7th Overall Tour de Tochigi
10th Overall Herald Sun Tour
2019
9th Overall Tour de Langkawi
2020
8th UCI Esports World Championships
2022
2nd Silver medal blank.svg UCI Esports World Championships

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References

  1. Jones, Amy (20 September 2021). "Freddy Ovett turns to the gravel scene with L39ION of LA". cyclingtips.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. "Israel Cycling Academy". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  3. "L39ion of Los Angeles". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 17 February 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  4. Benson, Daniel (18 December 2020). "L39ION of Los Angeles unveil stacked 2021 rosters". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc . Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  5. Israel Cycling Academy [@yallaACADEMY] (29 July 2019). "Surprise surprise : We are introducing a new rider who will get a chance to prove himself as a Stagieire. [sic] Welcome @FreddyOvett ! He is a 25 years old Aussie late bloomer and a [sic] ex BMC. He will be thrown to the deep water right away 💦 in #voltaportugal. All the best!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019 via Twitter.
  6. Knight, Tom (26 July 2005). "A race apart when Ovett struck gold as nation held its breath". The Daily Telegraph . Telegraph Media Group. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  7. Conaghan, Martin (30 July 2016). "Edinburgh 1986: The Unfriendly Games". BBC Sport . BBC . Retrieved 29 July 2019. Steve Redgrave won three rowing golds, Steve Ovett breezed his way to 5000m victory, Lennox Lewis was crowned heavyweight champion in the boxing ring and the bristly Daley Thompson performed Herculean feats in the decathlon.
  8. Freddy Ovett at World Athletics
  9. Kaplan, Greg (18 November 2021). "Adam Yates, Freddy Ovett and other pro cyclists prove they're fast on their feet". velonews.com. Retrieved 31 December 2021.