| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Matthew Archibald |
| Born | 20 May 1986 Hamilton, New Zealand [1] |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track cycling |
Medal record | |
Matthew "Matt" Archibald (born 20 May 1986) is a New Zealand racing cyclist.
He won the bronze medal in the Men's 1 km time trial at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [2] He won the bronze medal in the same event at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. [3]
Nicholas Ian Willis is a New Zealand middle distance runner and the country's only two-time Olympic medalist in the 1500 metres. He won the silver medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, and bronze at the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. His other achievements over the same distance include the national and Oceania record (3:29.66), and medals from three consecutive Commonwealth Games.
Alison Shanks is a retired New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in individual pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing. Prior to that she was an Otago Rebels netballer, the sport she played for more than five years before her cycling career.
Matthew "Matt" Nicholas Crampton is an English former track cyclist for Sky Track Cycling. He was a member of British Cycling's Olympic Podium Programme, and represented Great Britain at a number of major events. Crampton specialised in track sprinting and competed in the individual sprint, team sprint, keirin and kilo events.
Hamish Bryon Bond is a retired New Zealand rower and former road cyclist. He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. He won six consecutive World Rowing Championships gold medals in the coxless pair and set the current world best times in both the coxless and coxed pair. He made a successful transition from rowing to road cycling after the 2016 Summer Olympics focussing on the road time trial. He returned to rowing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, winning a gold medal in the men's eight.
Simon Paul van Velthooven is a New Zealand track racing cyclist and America's Cup sailor.
Aaron Gate is a New Zealand road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling. He represented his country in track cycling at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics. Gate is the first New Zealand athlete to win four gold medals at a single Commonwealth Games.
Natasha Hansen is a New Zealand track cyclist who has represented her country at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Hansen competed at the 2018 Gold Coast games and won two silver medals in the sprint & team sprint, and a bronze in the keirin. Hansen is a licensed air traffic controller and currently works for Rocket Lab USA as a Launch Safety Operator.
Elinor Jane Barker is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who last rode professionally on the road for UCI Women's Team Drops. Representing Welsh Cycling and Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic, two-time world and six-time European champion in the team pursuit, as well as a two-time world champion in the points race and scratch race. Barker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.
Nikita Stevie Howarth is a New Zealand para-cyclist and para-swimmer. She became New Zealand's youngest ever Paralympian after being selected for the 2012 Summer Paralympics, aged 13 years 8 months. She again represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, where she won the gold medal in the women's 200 metre individual medley SM7 and the bronze medal in the women's 50 metre butterfly S7.
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Jay Lamoureux is a Canadian male road and track cyclist, representing Canada at international competitions. He won the silver medal at the 2016 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in the individual pursuit and the team pursuit.
Neah Evans is a Scottish professional racing cyclist who rode for Podium Ambition Pro Cycling. In June 2021, Evans was selected as part of Team GB's cycling squad for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she won a silver medal in the team pursuit event. In 2022, she won a gold medal in the points race at the Track Cycling World Championships.
Jack Carlin is a Scottish track cyclist, who competes in sprinting events and won two medals at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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