Katie Archibald facts for kids
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Archibald at the 2019 Women's Tour of Scotland
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| Born | 12 March 1994 Chertsey, Surrey, England |
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| Height | 1.78 m | ||
| Weight | 67 kg | ||
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Katie Archibald, born on March 12, 1994, is an amazing racing cyclist from Great Britain and Scotland. She is known for her incredible skills in endurance track cycling.
Katie has won many big awards, including two gold medals at the Olympic Games. She was part of the team that won gold in the team pursuit at the 2016 Olympics. She also won a second Olympic gold in the Madison race at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with her teammate, Laura Kenny.
She has also won six gold medals at the World Championships and an amazing twenty gold medals at the European Championships. This makes her the most successful cyclist ever at the European Track Championships!
Katie's brother, John, is also a top cyclist. They both won medals for Scotland at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Katie earned a gold medal, and John won a silver.
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Katie's Early Life and Cycling Journey
Katie went to The Glasgow Academy for school. She started out as a swimmer but later found her passion for cycling. She began competing in cycling in 2011 on grass tracks and then on hard tracks in 2012.
In November 2013, Katie joined British Cycling's Olympic Development Academy. This was a big step for her cycling career.
Track Cycling Success
Katie made her first appearance for Great Britain at the 2013 European Track Championships. There, she and her teammates, Laura Trott, Dani King, and Elinor Barker, won a gold medal in the team pursuit. They even broke the world record twice!
She continued to shine at the Track World Cup. She won a silver medal in the scratch race and a bronze in the points race. Later, she helped the Great Britain team win gold and break the world record again in the team pursuit.
In 2014, Katie became Scotland's first female track cycling world champion. She was part of the team that won the team pursuit at the World Track Championships. She also won two gold medals at the European Track Championships that year. At the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, she won a bronze medal in the points race.
At the 2015 European Track Championships, Katie became a triple European champion. She won the team pursuit and individual pursuit titles again, and also added the elimination race title.
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Katie won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit. She also continued to win at the European Championships, taking gold in the omnium and individual pursuit. She even won the women's omnium title at the Six Days of London event.
In 2017, Katie won her first individual world title in the Omnium at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. The next year, she won another world championship, partnering with Emily Nelson to win the Madison at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In 2021, she won her second individual world title, another world Omnium title.
Katie was honored with the MBE in 2017 for her amazing contributions to cycling.
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Katie won a silver medal in the Women's team pursuit. She also won the first-ever gold medal in the Women's Madison with Laura Kenny. In October 2021, she won her 15th and 16th gold medals at the European Track Cycling Championships, becoming the most successful cyclist in the history of the elite events.
In June 2024, Katie had to miss the Paris Olympics due to an injury. She broke two bones in her leg and tore ligaments after a fall at home. She returned to racing in October at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.
Road Cycling Career
Katie also competed in road cycling. Her team, Podium Ambition, became a professional team in 2016. She later joined Team WNT Pro Cycling for the 2017 season.
In 2017, Katie had some great results in road races. She finished third in stages of the Semana Ciclista Valenciana. She also won a round of the Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series and finished second in another. She placed second in the national road race championship and third in the British time trial championships. She then won the circuit racing championship in Sheffield.
For the 2018 season, Katie joined Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling.
Major Achievements
Katie Archibald has achieved many impressive wins throughout her cycling career. Here are some of her most notable achievements:
- Olympic Games:
- Gold in Team Pursuit (2016)
- Gold in Madison (2020)
- Silver in Team Pursuit (2020)
- World Championships:
- Gold in Team Pursuit (2014, 2023, 2024)
- Gold in Omnium (2017, 2021)
- Gold in Madison (2018)
- Silver in Team Pursuit (2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
- Silver in Points Race (2021)
- Bronze in Madison (2021, 2024)
- Bronze in Team Pursuit (2021)
- European Championships:
- Gold in Team Pursuit (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023)
- Gold in Individual Pursuit (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
- Gold in Elimination Race (2015)
- Gold in Omnium (2016, 2017, 2021, 2023)
- Gold in Points Race (2020)
- Gold in Scratch Race (2021)
- Gold in Madison (2021, 2023)
- Silver in Elimination Race (2016)
- Silver in Team Pursuit (2017)
- Silver in Individual Pursuit (2018)
- Silver in Omnium (2018)
- Silver in Madison (2019)
- Bronze in Individual Pursuit (2019)
- Commonwealth Games:
- Gold in Individual Pursuit (2018)
- Silver in Points Race (2018)
- Bronze in Points Race (2014)
See also
In Spanish: Katie Archibald para niños
