Katy Marchant, (born 30 January 1993) is an elite British

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cyclist who specialises in the

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disciplines. She was educated at

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Career

Originally from

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, Marchant was based in

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after her switch to cycling in April 2013. Marchant began her sporting life as a

heptathlete A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events. The name derives from the Greek επτά (hepta, meaning "seven") and ἄθλος (áthlos, or ἄθλον, áthlon, meaning "competition"). A competitor in a hept ...

, and represented Great Britain in that event at the 2012 World Junior Championships. The switchover was instigated by her former coach, Toni Minichiello (best known for coaching

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), who suggested the move to cycling having seen the results of her power output on a

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test. Marchant had cycled for leisure on a mountain bike and on the road, but had no experience of track cycling. After a 6-week trial period, she permanently switched to track cycling. She became a member of

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's Olympic Academy in April 2013, and graduated to the Olympic Development Programme in November 2013. Marchant was chosen to be part of the UK's 26-strong cycling squad for the postponed

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where she will be the sprint specialist.

Palmarès

;2013 :2nd

British National Team Sprint Championships The British National Team Sprint Championships are held annually as part of the British National Track Championships organized by British Cycling. A women's championship was held for the first time in 2008. Results Men Women See also * Brit ...

(with

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) :

British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are held annually and organised by British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federation). The main events are various track cycling disciplines for elite athletes to determine the British national cha ...

::2nd Keirin race ::3rd Match sprint ;2014 :1st Sprint, Oberhausen :2nd

(with

) :

::2nd Individual sprint ::3rd Keirin race ::3rd 500m time trial :3rd Sprint, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester :3rd Team Sprint, GP von Deutschland im Sprint (with

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) :European U23 Track Championships ::3rd Team Sprint (with Rosie Blount) ::3rd Keirin race ;2015 :Revolution ::1st Keirin - Round 1, Derby ::1st Sprint - Round 1, Derby ::1st 500m Time Trial - Round 1, Derby ::2nd Sprint – Round 3, Manchester ::3rd Keirin – Round 3, Manchester :Trofeu CAR Anadia Portugal ::1st Sprint ::1st Keirin :Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix ::1st Sprint ::1st Keirin : National Track Championships ::1st Individual sprint ::1st Keirin ::1st

Team Sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The current men's ...

(with

) ::1st 500m time trial :UEC European U23 Championships ::1st UEC Champion Jersey

Keirin ::2nd Team Sprint (with

) :Internationale Radsport Meeting ::2nd Sprint ::3rd 500m Time Trial ;2016 :3rd Bronze medal olympic

Sprint,

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:2nd Keirin, Fenioux Piste International ;2017 :Siberne Eule von Ludwigshafen ::1st Keirin ::2nd Sprint :2nd Sprint Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi :2nd Sprint, Öschelbronn

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marchant, Katy 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Leeds English female cyclists British heptathletes English track cyclists Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games European Games competitors for Great Britain Cyclists at the 2019 European Games