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Born | Maulden, Bedfordshire, England | 29 September 1995|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Great Britain Cycling Team/SES Racing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Track cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ryan Owens (born 29 September 1995) is a British former track cyclist, specialising in sprint events, who represented Great Britain and England at international competitions. He won a silver medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the team sprint alongside Jack Carlin and Jason Kenny.
Owens grew up around cycling, with both his father and grandfather having raced competitively. He was competing by the age of 16. His first national-level achievement was a second place in the time trial at the 2011 National Junior Track Championships in the under-16 category. [1]
Owens is a consecutive four-time British team sprint champion having won the Team Sprint Championship at the 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 British National Track Championships. [2] He also won the Individual Sprint title at the 2017 British National Track Championships.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Owens won silver in the team sprint event alongside Joseph Truman and Philip Hindes. [3]
On 21 June 2021, Owens was named in the Great Britain squad for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. [4] He competed in the team sprint alongside Jason Kenny and Jack Carlin, winning a silver medal behind the Olympic Record-setting Dutch team. [5] [6]
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Owens won a silver medal – his second Commonwealth Games medal – in the team sprint, this time with Truman and Hamish Turnbull. [7] He was knocked out in the 1/8 finals of the sprint event by eventual champion Matthew Richardson. [8]
Owens announced his retirement from track cycling and the Great Britain Cycling Team in April 2024. He achieved a Master's in Business Administration at London Business School and is now working in consulting. [9]
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