Katie Archibald, (born 12 March 1994) is an elite Scottish and British

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, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents

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and Scotland. A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and

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silver medallists team in women's team pursuit, she is a champion in the same event at both the World (2014) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2020) championships and former world record holder. She also holds an Olympic gold medal after winning the inaugural women's

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race at the 2020 Olympic games in Tokyo with her partner,

Laura Kenny Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny ( Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a British track and road cyclist who specialises in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines. Wi ...

. Individually, Archibald has been European champion in the elimination race in 2015, three times in the omnium in 2016, 2017 and 2021, in the scratch race in 2021, the women's madison in 2021 and a four time European champion in the individual pursuit between 2013 and 2017. In 2017 she secured her first individual global title, winning the Omnium at the

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and won a third world championship the following year when partnering Emily Nelson to win the Madison at the

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. In 2021 she won her second individual world title, with a second world Omnium title. Archibald's 17 gold medals in European elite track championships is an all-time record for that championships. She also holds the women's British national record for the individual pursuit. Her brother,

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, is also an elite cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Scotland. Both won medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games representing Scotland; Katie won gold in the women's individual pursuit and John silver in the men's.

Early life and career

Archibald was privately educated at

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. She has a sporting background in swimming and took up cycling relatively late, taking it up competitively in 2011 on the grass track and in 2012 on hard track. After spending 2012–2013 working in the family business (Archers Sleepcentre) as a telesales operator, she was recruited into

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's Olympic Development Academy in November 2013.

Track

Archibald made her Great Britain debut at the

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. Alongside Laura Trott,

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and

Elinor Barker Elinor Jane Barker (born 7 September 1994) is a Welsh road and track racing cyclist, who last rode professionally on the road for UCI Women's Team . Representing Great Britain in international competitions, Barker is an Olympic champion, a two- ...

, she won the gold medal and broke the world record twice in the

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. At the 2013–14 Track World Cup first round in

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, while riding for the Scottish Braveheart team, Archibald claimed silver in the scratch race and bronze in the points race. Recalled to the Great Britain team for the 2013–14 Track World Cup second round in

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, Archibald was part of the quartet that won gold and broke the world record again in the team pursuit competition. She then became Scotland's first female track cycling world champion, when she was part of the team that won the

title at the 2014 World Track Championships. Archibald won the gold medal in the same event, and another in the individual pursuit, at the 2014 European Track Championships. Archibald represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014, as she claimed a bronze medal in the

points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium even ...

. At the

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, Archibald became a triple European champion, retaining the team pursuit and individual pursuit titles she won in 2014, while adding the elimination race title. Rio 2016 - Track cycling 13 August (CT004) (29168562610)

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Archibald returned to competition at the European Championships winning the omnium and for the third year in a row the pursuit and claimed the silver medal in the elimination race. At the Six days of London event, Archibald won eight of the ten races to secure the women's omnium title with 15 points. Archibald then returned to Glasgow for the World Cup event, where she partnered

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to win the Madison event, but broke her wrist in an early fall whilst changing with Lloyd. Archibald returned from injury to finish second at the Six Days of Berlin, and followed it up by winning four titles at the national championships. At the final of the Six Day series in Mallorca, Archibald finished runner up to her team pursuit teammate Elinor Barker. Archibald then capped her track season by winning her first individual world title in the Omnium. Archibald retained her Individual Pursuit and Omnium titles at the European Championships and was also part of the team that took the silver medal in the team pursuit. Archibald was appointed

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(MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling. Archibald was chosen to be part of the UK's cycling squad at the postponed

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where she was joined by

, Neah Evans,

and

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for the endurance races. She returned with a silver medal in the Women's team pursuit, but shared the inaugural gold medal in Women's Madison with

. In October 2021 Archibald was selected for the European Track cycling championships, winning her 15th and 16th gold medals in the Scratch race and Omnium to become the elite events most successful ever competitor.

Road

Her road cycling team Podium Ambition, formerly Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International, turned professional for the start of the

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. She, along with team-mates

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and

Joanna Rowsell Joanna Katie Rowsell MBE (born 5 December 1988) is a retired English cyclist on the Great Britain Cycling Team who competed on track and road. Her greatest successes were the gold medals won in the women's team pursuit at the 2012 London Olym ...

, were the first riders to be named in the new line-up. Archibald joined Sheffield based Team WNT Pro Cycling for the 2017 season. During the 2017 season, Archibald finished third on stage three and four of the Semana Ciclista Valenciana. In the domestic Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series, Archibald won round 2 in Stoke-on-Trent and finished second in the opening event in Redditch. Archibald finished second in the national road race championship and third in the British time trial championships on the Isle of Man, before taking the circuit racing championship in Sheffield. For the 2018 season Archibald decided to join

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Personal life

Archibald's partner, Scottish racing cyclist Rab Wardell, died on 23 August 2022; she revealed she had unsuccessfully tried to save his life as he entered

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in bed beside her.

Major results

Track

;2012 : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

::2nd

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men between 1984–2008 and for women 1996–2008. Starting in 2012, the points race is one of the omnium even ...

;2013 : 1st UEC Champion Jersey

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

UEC European Track Championships 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 ...

: International Belgian Open ::1st Points race ::2nd Individual pursuit : National Track Championships ::2nd

(with Charline Joiner) ::3rd

2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2013–2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the twenty-second series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The series ran from 1 November ...

::1st

Team pursuit,

::2nd

Scratch,

::3rd

Individual pursuit,

;2014 : 1st Jersey rainbow

UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

::1st

: National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::2nd

: 1st

Team pursuit, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London : Revolution ::1st Points race – Round 3, Manchester ::2nd Omnium – Round 1, London ::2nd Points race – Round 4, Manchester ::3rd Omnium – Round 5, London : 2nd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

;2015 :

::1st

::1st

Elimination race Elimination races or "snap-dragon" races in bicycle racing are a form of race wherein during the course of the race, certain participants are eliminated through various criteria. The most common types of elimination races are the miss and out and ...

: National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::2nd

::2nd Scratch ::2nd

: 1st Omnium, Internationale Radsport Meeting : Revolution ::1st Scratch – Round 1, Derby ::2nd Points race – Round 2, Manchester ::2nd Points race – Round 5, London ::2nd Scratch – Round 4, Glasgow ::3rd Points race – Round 3, Manchester ::3rd Points race – Round 4, Glasgow ::3rd Scratch – Round 5, London : 2nd Silver medal blank

: 2nd

, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Team pursuit,

2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the 24th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. The series ran from 30 October 2015 to 17 January 2016 and consist ...

, Cali ;2016 : 1st Gold medal olympic

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

::1st

::1st

Omnium An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...

::2nd

: 1st

Madison,

2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi-race series over a track cycling season. It was the 25th edition of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the UCI. The series ran from 4 November 2016 to 26 February 2017 and consisted ...

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(with

) : 1st Omnium,

Six Days of London The Six Day London is a six-day track cycling race held annually in London, United Kingdom. The competition consists of six consecutive evening sessions of track cycling: Madison, Sprint, Elimination, Keirin, Derny and Team Time Trial discipli ...

: 2nd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International : 2nd Points race, Revolution – Round 2, Glasgow ;2017 : 1st Jersey rainbow

::1st

::2nd

: National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::1st

Scratch ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::2nd

Keirin – literally "racing cycle" – is a form of motor-paced cycle racing in which track cyclists sprint for victory following a speed-controlled start behind a motorized or non-motorized pacer. It was developed in Japan around 1948 for gamblin ...

2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the 26th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised b ...

::1st

Madison, Manchester (with

) ::1st

Madison, Milton (with

Ellie Dickinson Eleanor May "Ellie" Dickinson (born 4 June 1998) is an English road and track cyclist, who last rode for UCI Women's Team , and represents Great Britain at international competitions. As a junior, she competed at the 2015 UCI Road World Champi ...

) ::1st

Points race, Milton ::1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit, Manchester ::2nd Silver medal blank

Omnium, Manchester : International Cycling Meeting for Sprint and Omnium ::1st Madison (with

) ::1st Omnium :

Six Days of Fiorenzuola The Six Days of Fiorenzuola is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Fiorenzuola, Italy. The event was first held in 1998. Winners References Cycle races in Italy Sport in Emilia-Romagna Province of Piacenza Fiorenzuola Re ...

::1st Madison (with Emily Nelson) ::1st Omnium ::1st Points race ::1st Scratch : 1st Overall

::1st Omnium ::2nd Madison (with

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) ::3rd Scratch : Round 1, Revolution Series Champions League ::1st Points race ::1st Scratch : 2nd Omnium,

Six Days of Berlin The Six Days of Berlin is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Berlin, Germany. The event was first held in 1909. In its first edition, 15 teams of two cyclists each competed in the exhibition hall at Berlin Zoo for glory and, not least, ...

: 2nd Omnium, Six Day Final, Mallorca ;2018 :

::1st

(with Emily Nelson) ::2nd Silver medal blank

::1st

::2nd

::1st

::2nd

2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the 27th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised b ...

::1st

Madison, Milton (with

) ::1st

Team pursuit, Milton ::1st Gold medal blank

Omnium, Berlin ::1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit, Berlin ::1st Gold medal blank

Madison, London (with

) ::1st

Team pursuit, London : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::1st

Scratch ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::1st

(with

) ::3rd Sprint : Round 3, Revolution Series Champions League ::1st Scratch ::2nd Points race ;2019 :

2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the Tissot UCI Track Cycling World Cup for sponsorship reasons) is a multi-race tournament over a track cycling season. It is the 28th series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by t ...

, Glasgow ::1st Gold medal blank

Team pursuit ::2nd Silver medal blank

Madison (with

) :

::1st

::2nd

(with

) ::3rd

: National Track Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

::3rd

::3rd Scratch ::3rd Sprint : Six Day Manchester ::1st Madison (with Neah Evans) ::1st Omnium : 1st Omnium, Six Day Finals - Brisbane : 6 Giorni delle Rose - Fiorenzuola ::1st Madison ::2nd Omnium : Orlen Grand Prix ::1st Madison (with Neah Evans) ::1st Points race : Six Day London ::1st Madison (with Neah Evans) ::1st Omnium ::2nd Scratch : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

;2020 :

::1st

: 2nd

;2021 :

::1st

(with

) ::2nd

::1st

::2nd

::3rd

(with Neah Evans) :

::1st

(with Neah Evans) ::1st European champion jersey 2016

Scratch : 1st Jersey UCI Track Champions League Leaders

Overall Endurance,

UCI Track Champions League UCI Track Champions League is a season-long track cycling competition held over four rounds around Europe during November and December. It was established in 2021 from a partnership between the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI and Warner Bros. Di ...

::1st Elimination race, Palma ::1st Scratch, Panevėžys ::1st Elimination race, Panevėžys ::1st Elimination race, London I ::1st Elimination race, London II ::2nd Scratch, London II ::3rd Scratch, London I ;2022 : 2nd Silver medal blank

Team pursuit,

UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup is a season-long track cycling competition held over three rounds in different locations around the world. It was established in 2021 as the successor to the UCI Track Cycling World Cup. Hosts Overall winners Natio ...

, Glasgow

Championships timeline

Road

;2014 : 1st Milk Race : Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 2nd

Time trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...

, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall British Cycling Women's Road Series ::1st Cheshire Classic ::1st Curlew Cup :

::5th

::7th Road race ;2015 : 1st London Nocturne : 1st Stage 2 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series ;2017 : National Road Championships ::1st MaillotReinoUnido

Criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m. Overview Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time ...

::2nd Road race ::3rd

;2018 : 3rd Overall

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::1st Prologue : 4th

;2022 : 4th Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour

References

External links

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