Kelland O'Brien

Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.[1][2] O'Brien qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Leigh Howard, Sam Weisford and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. O'Brien also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.[3]

Kelland O'Brien
O'Brien in 2022
Personal information
Full nameKelland O'Brien
Born (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998
Melbourne, Australia
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam BikeExchange–Jayco
Discipline
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017Jayco–John West–VIS
2020St Kilda Cycling Club
Professional teams
2018–2019ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast
2022–Team BikeExchange–Jayco
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoTeam pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2017 Hong KongTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2019 PruszkówTeam pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2017 Hong KongIndividual pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastTeam pursuit

Biography

O'Brien grew up in Kew, Victoria, 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 bronze.[4]

O'Brien rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[5] In December 2017, he was awarded Australian Institute of Sport Emerging Athlete of the Year.[6]

Major results
2017
UCI Track World Championships
1st Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
2018
1st Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2nd Six Days of London (with Leigh Howard)
2019
4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
10th Halle–Ingooigem
2020
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
2021
National Road Championships
2nd Road Race
3rd Time trial
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2022
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2023
9th Rund um Köln

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia —
A yellow jersey Tour de France —
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References
  1. "Team BikeExchange–Jayco". UCI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. "Kelland O'Brien". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. "Leigh HOWARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  4. "Kelland O'Brien". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  5. "Start list". Tissot Timing. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. "Matildas and Kerr Australia's fan favourites at AIS awards". Australian Sports Commission website. Archived from the original on 13 December 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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