Kelland O'Brien OAM (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 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.[3]
O'Brien rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[4] In December 2017, he was awarded Australian Institute of Sport Emerging Athlete of the Year.[5]
Major results
Road
- 2019
- 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
- 10th Halle–Ingooigem
- 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
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2022 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— |
 Tour de France
|
— |
 Vuelta a España
|
DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
Track
- 2015
- UCI World Junior Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Rohan Wight) - 3rd
Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games - Oceania Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit - 3rd
Points race
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 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
- 1st
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Leigh Howard)
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Points race
- 1st
- 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
- 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
- ^ "Team BikeExchange–Jayco". UCI. Archived from the original on 13 January 2022. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Kelland O'Brien". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Kelland O'Brien". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Start list". Tissot Timing. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "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.
External links
- Kelland O'Brien at UCI
- Kelland O'Brien at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Kelland O'Brien at ProCyclingStats
- Kelland O'Brien at Cycling Quotient
- Kelland O'Brien at CycleBase
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