Kelland O'Brien
Personal information | |
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Full name | Kelland O'Brien |
Born | Melbourne, Australia | 22 May 1998
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 |
Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian
2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Leigh Howard, Sam Welsford 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]
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
- 2024
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 4th Time trial
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 2022 |
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Giro d'Italia | — |
Tour de France | — |
Vuelta a España
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DNF |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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.
- ^ "Leigh HOWARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
- ^ "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
- Kelland O'Brien at ProCyclingStats
- Kelland O'Brien at Cycling Quotient
- Kelland O'Brien at CycleBase
- Kelland O'Brien at Olympedia