Kelland O'Brien OAM (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . O'Brien qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics 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, 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.
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, National Under-23 Championships
10th HalleâÂÂIngooigem
2020
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
2021
National Championships
:2nd Road Race
:3rd Time trial
2022
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2023
1st Criterium, National Championships
9th Rund um Köln
2024
National Championships
:3rd Road race
:4th Time trial
8th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
2025
3rd Time trial, National Championships
2026
3rd Time trial, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Track
2015
UCI World Junior Championships
:1st Madison (with Rohan Wight)
:3rd Individual pursuit
1st Omnium, National Junior Championships
2016
3rd Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Cameron Scott)
2017
UCI World Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:3rd Individual pursuit
2018
1st Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
Oceania Championships
:1st Team pursuit
:3rd Points race
National Championships
: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)
2nd Six Days of London (with Leigh Howard)
2019
Oceania Championships
:1st Points race
:2nd Omnium
National Championships
:1st Madison (with Leigh Howard)
: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 Scratch
1st Madison, National Championships (with Sam Welsford)
2021
2nd Madison, National Championships (with Cameron Meyer)
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2023
1st Madison, National Championships (with Graeme Frislie)
2024
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
References
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