Josie Knight

Josie Knight (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional racing cyclist who has represented Great Britain and England since 2018. Knight was part of the Great Britain team that won the silver medal in team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. Representing England, Knight won bronze in team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

Josie Knight
Josie Knight in 2020
Personal information
Born (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoTeam pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2021 RoubaixTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesIndividual pursuit
European Games
Silver medal – second place2019 MinskTeam pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 PlovdivTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2023 GrenchenIndividual pursuit
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place2022 BirminghamTeam pursuit
Representing  Ireland
U23 & Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 AnadiaIndividual pursuit

Although born in Buckinghamshire in England, her family moved to Dingle in Ireland in her infancy, gaining Knight Irish citizenship, and she competed for Ireland prior to 2018, winning silver with the Irish team in the European Junior Championships in team pursuit in Anadia, Portugal.[1]

Life

Knight was born in 1997 near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,[2][3] and she spent her childhood in County Kerry in Ireland. She said that she became a cyclist for Ireland as a youth but she did not think of herself as Irish.[4]

She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[5]

Becoming British

Knight switched her allegiance from Ireland to Great Britain in 2018.[6] She later described the Irish set-up at the time as "grim".[4] Knight became British champion when winning the Individual Pursuit Championship at the 2020 British National Track Championships.[7]

Knight was chosen to be part of the UK's 26-strong cycling squad for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she is joined by Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Laura Kenny and Neah Evans for the endurance races.[8] The team won the silver medal in the women's team pursuit event.

Career results
2016
2nd Omnium, Dublin Track Cycling International
2019
2nd Overall Rás na mBan
1st Points classification
1st Best Young Rider classification
1st Stages 1,2 & 3

References
  1. "Josie Knight targeting Olympics place after swapping Ireland for Great Britain". The Independent. Archived from the original on 17 June 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  2. "Josie Knight targeting Olympic place after swapping Ireland for Great Britain". Bucks Free Press.
  3. Drew, Sophie (19 July 2021). "The Bucks Olympians heading to Tokyo 2020". buckinghamshirelive.
  4. "Josie Knight on leaving "grim" Ireland cycling set-up for Team GB". Sticky Bottle. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. "Entry List: Women" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  6. "Josie Knight". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. "Results" (PDF). British Cycling.
  8. "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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