Oliver Bleddyn

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Oliver Bleddyn
Personal information
Born (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 22)
Plymouth, UK [1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team ARA Skip Capital
Discipline
RoleRider
Professional team
2023– ARA Skip Capital
Major wins
Track
Team pursuit, Olympic Games (2024)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Paris Team pursuit

Oliver Bleddyn (born 27 January 2002) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team ARA Skip Capital. [2] He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

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Early life

He is from Western Australia and started bike racing at 12 years-old. He attended Frederick Irwin Anglican School and Applecross Senior High School. In 2018, he joined the Western Australian Institute of Sport. He won an Oceania U19 title in the team pursuit and won a silver in the individual pursuit. In 2021, he started training at the South Australia Institute for Sport. [3] [4]

Career

He won gold with the team pursuit at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Brisbane in 2022. [5]

He finished third in the time trial at the Oceania Road Cycling Championships in 2023. [6] He competed for Australia in the team pursuit and individual pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow. [7] [8]

He competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the team pursuit, winning the gold medal. [4] [9]

Major results

Track

2018
Oceanian Junior Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Madison
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Individual pursuit
2019
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit, Oceanian Junior Championships
2021
2nd Scratch, National Championships
2022
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships
National Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Madison
2nd Points race
2023
National Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
Oceanian Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Madison
2024
1st Gold medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships

Road

2022
7th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
2023
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships

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References

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