Josie Knight

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Josie Knight
UCI Track World Championships 2020 007.jpg
Knight in 2020
Personal information
Born (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 28)
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Major wins
Track
World Championships
Team pursuit (2023, 2024)
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 Paris Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Santiago Individual pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Individual pursuit
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 Santiago Team pursuit
European Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Minsk Team pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Plovdiv Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2026 Konya Individual pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2026 Konya Team pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2023 Grenchen Individual pursuit
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit
Representing Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
U23 & Junior European Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Anadia Individual pursuit

Josie Knight (born 29 March 1997) is a British professional racing cyclist who has at various stages represented Ireland, Great Britain and England. Born in Buckinghamshire, England, her family moved to Dingle, Co. Kerry in Ireland during her early infancy. Knight competed for Ireland prior to 2018, winning silver at the European Junior Championships in the team pursuit.

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Following her transfer to Team GB in 2018, Knight was part of the British team that won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She also won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She is a two-time world and three-time European champion in the team pursuit, and in both 2024 and 2026, she became the European champion in the individual pursuit. As of February 2026, she is the world-record holder in the individual pursuit.

Early life

Knight was born in 1997 near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire [1] but moved to Ireland shortly afterwards. She spent her childhood in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. She attended Scoil an Ghleanna Primary School and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Secondary School in Dingle.

She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [2]

Becoming British

Knight switched from Ireland to Great Britain in 2018. She did so as she felt that she could better progress her cycling career in the UK. At that time Ireland had no prospects of entering a team for Olympics 2020 and they did not possess an indoor Velodrome to train on. Knight became British champion when winning the individual pursuit at the 2020 British National Track Championships. [3]

Knight was chosen to be part of the Team GB's 26-strong cycling squad for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was joined by Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Laura Kenny and Neah Evans for the endurance races. [4] The team won the silver medal in the women's team pursuit event. [5]

She was part of the Great Britain squad which won gold in the team pursuit at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark. [6] [7]

Knight was part of the British team pursuit line-up that won bronze at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [8] She then finished in second position in the individual pursuit, where she was beaten in the final by her international teammate Anna Morris. [9]

At the 2026 European Championships in Konya, Knight was part of the British team pursuit quartet who set a new world record en route to the gold medal. The team consisting of Knight, Archibald, Morris and Millie Couzens also set a new world record of 4:02.808 in the final against Germany. [10] She then set a second world record in the championships during the individual pursuit. Her time of 4:19.461 made her the first woman to complete the event in under 4:20 and broke the previous record of 4:23.624 set by Italian cyclist Vittoria Bussi. She went on to defeat Dutch rider Mischa Bredewold in the gold-medal race. [11]

Major results

Road

2019
2nd Overall Rás na mBan
1st Jersey blue.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3

Track

2016
2nd Omnium, Dublin International
2019
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team pursuit, European Games
2020
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2021
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2022
UCI World Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Individual pursuit
3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2023
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Individual pursuit
2024
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Individual pursuit
2nd Silver medal europe.svg Team pursuit
2025
UCI World Championships
2nd Silver medal uci.svg Individual pursuit
3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Team pursuit
2026
UEC European Championships
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Individual pursuit
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Team pursuit

References

  1. ↑ Drew, Sophie (19 July 2021). "The Bucks Olympians heading to Tokyo 2020". buckinghamshirelive. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Results" (PDF). British Cycling. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Olympics: Germany beat Great Britain to win gold in women's team pursuit". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 22 June 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "GB win women's team pursuit gold at World Championships". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "'We came out swinging' - Great Britain make sensational catch to win team pursuit gold at World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  8. ↑ Collins, Ben (24 October 2025). "Archibald wins silver as GB take team pursuit bronze". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 26 November 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Anna Morris pips team-mate Josie Knight to retain individual pursuit world title". The Independent. Press Association. 26 October 2025. Archived from the original on 26 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  10. ↑ Davidson, Tom (2 February 2026). "Men's and women's team pursuit world records broken in remarkable day at European Track Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  11. ↑ Davidson, Tom (5 February 2026). "'I never expected it would be possible to do a sub-4:20' – Josie Knight breaks individual pursuit world record on way to European title". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.


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