Kelland O'Brien OAM (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

, who currently rides for

UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road bicycle racing, road cycling, the UCI World Tou ...

. O'Brien qualified for the

2024 Paris Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

and was part of the Men's team pursuit where he and his team secured an Olympic Gold Medal. The team also set a new Olympic & World record in their First Round Qualifying race with a time of 3:40.730 on 6 August 2024.

Biography

O'Brien grew up in

Kew, Victoria Kew () is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, found 5 km east from Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District. Kew is located within the City of Boroondara Local government areas of ...

, Australia. He started in BMX but then switched to mountain bike. O'Brien also did quite a bit of road cycling before concentrating on the track. He represented Australia at the 2015 Junior World Championships and his performances allowed him to get a Madison gold and

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 ...

bronze. O'Brien rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In December 2017, he was awarded Australian Institute of Sport Emerging Athlete of the Year.

Major results

Road

;2019 : 4th

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

, National Under-23 Championships : 10th

Halle–Ingooigem Halle–Ingooigem is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in West Flanders, Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Cou ...

;2020 : 2nd

, National Under-23 Championships ;2021 : National Championships ::2nd Road Race ::3rd

;2022 : 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen ;2023 : 1st Criterium, National Championships : 9th

Rund um Köln The Rund um Köln is a Classic cycle races, classic cycling race around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as UCI race classifications, 1.1 race (in 2007 the race was categorised as 1.HC). It ...

;2024 : National Championships ::3rd Road race ::4th

: 8th Overall

Boucles de la Mayenne The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race ...

;2025 : 3rd

, National Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Track

;2015 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Rainbow Jersey Track

Madison (with Rohan Wight) ::3rd Bronze medal uci

Individual pursuit : 1st Omnium, National Junior Championships ;2016 : 3rd Bronze medal uci

Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Cameron Scott) ;2017 :

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

::1st

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 ...

::3rd

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 women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

;2018 : 1st Gold medal blank

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...

: Oceania Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::3rd Bronze medal Oceania

Points race :

National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...

::1st Points race ::1st Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit : UCI World Cup ::1st Team pursuit, Burlin ::3rd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with

Leigh Howard Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Br ...

) : 2nd

Six Days of London 6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics A six-sided polygon is a hexagon, one of the three regular polygons capable of tiling the plane. A hexagon a ...

(with

) ;2019 : Oceania Championships ::1st Points race ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Omnium :

::1st Madison (with

) ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Points race : UCI World Cup ::1st Team pursuit, Brisbane ::2nd Madison, Hong Kong (with Sam Welsford) ;2020 : Oceania Championships ::1st Madison (with Sam Welsford) ::2nd Silver medal Oceania

Scratch : 1st Madison,

(with Sam Welsford) ;2021 : 2nd Madison,

(with

Cameron Meyer Cameron Meyer (born 11 January 1988) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. Career Born in Viveash, Western Australia, Meyer started cycling at the age of 13 in 2001 and first rep ...

) : 3rd

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...

;2023 : 1st Madison,

(with Graeme Frislie) ;2024 : 1st Gold medal olympic

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Obrien, Kelland 1998 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists from Melbourne UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Australia Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Olympic gold medalists in cycling People from Kew, Victoria Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Victoria (state) Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in cycling Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling