Sir Christopher Andrew Hoy is a former track cyclist and racing driver from Scotland who represented Great Britain at the Olympic and World Championships and Scotland at the Commonwealth Games.
Sir Jason Francis Kenny, is a British former track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints. Kenny is the holder of most Olympic gold medals (7) and medals (9) for a British athlete. Kenny's seven Olympic gold medals place him joint 15th by reference to gold medals won in the Summer Olympic games since 1896. He is the single holder of the records for both most Olympic golds and Olympic medals for a cyclist.
Maximilian Levy is a German former track cyclist.
The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC). They were first held in their current format in 2010, when elite level cyclists competed for the first time following an overhaul of European track cycling.
Shane Perkins is an Australian and Russian professional track cyclist.
Kristina Vogel is a former German track cyclist. During her career, she won two gold medals and a bronze at the Olympic Games, and became an eleven-time UCI World Champion. She was paralysed following a crash in June 2018.
Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev is a Russian track cyclist. Specialising in the sprint events, Dmitriev's best result in international sports was winning a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he succeeded to the bronze medal race in sprint, winning the medal. Dmitriev is a four-time European Champion at senior level in the Sprint event for men, and the most successful sprint cyclist in the competitions's history.
Matthew Glaetzer is an Australian track cyclist specialising in sprint events. He has represented Australia at four Olympic Games. At the 2024 Games he won two bronze medals.
The 2014 UEC European Track Championships was the fifth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Vélodrome Amédée Détraux in Baie-Mahault, Guadeloupe, France, between 16 and 19 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union. All European champions are awarded the UEC European Champion jersey which may be worn by the champion throughout the year when competing in the same event at other competitions.
Jeffrey Hoogland is a Dutch track cyclist. He represented his nation in eleven editions of the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. At the 2015 UEC European Track Championships, he collected a total of three gold medals, individually in the sprint and the 1 km time trial, and with Nils van 't Hoenderdaal and Hugo Haak in the team sprint. On 31 Oct 2023, Hoogland beat the 10 year old 1 km world record with the time of 55.433 sec.
Elis Ligtlee is a Dutch track cyclist. She represented her nation at the 2014 and 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She won the gold medal in the keirin race at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Following her Olympic victory, Ligtlee was officially inducted to the Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Mateusz Rudyk is a Polish track cyclist, who competes in sprinting events. He won the gold medal at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint. He will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Men's keirin on 11 August 2024.
Jack Carlin is a Scottish track cyclist, specialising in sprint events. He has won four Olympic medals; two at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and two at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Jiří Janošek is a Czech track cyclist. Representing the Czech Republic at international competitions, he competed at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint event and 1km time trial event.
Vasilijus Lendel is a Lithuanian male track cyclist, representing Lithuania at international competitions. He competed at the 2014 UEC European Track Championships and 2015 UEC European Track Championships in the sprint and keirin event. He won the silver medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 1 in Glasgow in the keirin.
Matthijs Büchli is a Dutch road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Track Team BEAT Cycling Club.
Matthew Richardson is a track cyclist who represented Australia until August 2024 and is due to compete for Great Britain from September 2024 onwards. He competed in the men's keirin, individual sprint and team sprint at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. His most successful event was the team sprint, where the Australians came fourth. He also competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics, again in the keirin, individual sprint and the team sprint. Here he placed second in the sprint and keirin, missing out on gold in both to Dutch rider Harrie Lavreysen. The Australian team also placed third in the team sprint.
The men's Keirin event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place on 7 and 8 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed.
Hamish Turnbull is an English track cyclist specialising in sprint events. Representing Great Britain, he won a silver medal in the team sprint at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Yakovlev, also known as Mikhail Iakovlev, is an Olympic Israeli unofficial world-record-holding racing cyclist. Born in Russia, he and his family moved to Israel, and he represents Israel internationally. He won the bronze medal in the keirin event at the 2021 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and bronze medals in Sprint in the 2021 European Championship, and in the 2024 European Championship. In 2022 Yakovlev set a new unofficial world record in the 200m flying trial in 9.099 seconds.
