 O'Brien in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kelland O'Brien |
| Born | (1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 26) Melbourne, Australia |
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team BikeExchange–Jayco |
| Discipline |
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| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2017 | Jayco–John West–VIS |
| 2020 | St Kilda Cycling Club |
| Professional teams | |
| 2018–2019 | ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast |
| 2022– | Team BikeExchange–Jayco |
| Major wins | |
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| Medal record | |
Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. 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 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
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
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Australian male cyclists
- Cyclists from Melbourne
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- 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
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen