Katie Archibald
Katie Archibald was born in Chertsey, England, United Kingdom on March 12th, 1994 and is the Cyclist. At the age of 30, Katie Archibald biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Katie Archibald, (born 12 March 1994) is a British racing cyclist who rides on the track for Great Britain and Scotland.
She is a member of the Great Britain Olympic team in women's team competition and a champion in the same sport for both the World (2014) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, and 2019) championships as well as a world record holder.
Archibald has been an individual champion in the elimination race in 2015, twice in the omnium in 2016 and 2017, as well as a four-time European champion in the individual pursuit between 2014 and 2017.
She won her first international title in 2017, winning the Omnium at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and then won her third world championship the following year when partnering Emily Nelson to win the Madison at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
John, her brother, is also a cyclist.
Both women and men's medalists received gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow; Katie gold in the women's individual pursuit; and John silver in the men's.
She holds the women's British national record for the individual pursuit.
Personal life
Rab Wardell, a Scottish racing cyclist, died on August 23rd, 2022, an Archibald's companion, who later revealed she had unsuccessfully tried to save his life after being admitted to heart arrest in bed beside her.
Early life and career
Archibald was privately educated at The Glasgow Academy. She has a passion for swimming and started cycling a little later, taking it up competitively in 2011 on the grass track and then on the back of a slow track in 2012.
She was recruited into British Cycling's Olympic Development Academy in November 2013 after working in the family industry (Archers Sleepcentre) from 2012 to 2013.
Archibald made her European Track Championships debut at the 2013 European Track Championships. Laura Trott, Dani King, and Elinor Barker won the gold medal and set a world record twice in the team pursuit.
Archibald rode for the Scottish Braveheart squad in Manchester in the first round of the 2013–14 Track World Cup, winning silver and bronze in the points race. Archibald was recalled to the Great Britain team in Aascalientes, winning gold and breaking the world record once more in the team pursuit event.
She then became Scotland's first female track cycling world champion when she was part of the squad that captured the team pursuit title at the 2014 World Track Championships. At the 2014 European Track Championships, Archibald received the gold medal in the same event and another in the individual pursuit. Archibald earned a bronze medal in the points competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, in 2014.
Archibald achieved triple European champions in 2015, retaining the team pursuit and individual pursuit titles she won in 2014, as well as a grand prix.
Archibald returned to action at the European Championships for the third year in a row and won the silver medal in the elimination race. Archibald won eight of the ten races to win the women's omnium title by 15 points at the Six Days of London festival. Archibald then returned to Glasgow for the World Cup, where she partnered Manon Lloyd to win the Madison event but then lost her wrist while waiting for Lloyd. Archibald went from injury to finish second at the Six Days of Berlin, and then went on to win four national championships. Archibald finished runners-up to Elinor Barker, who was competing in the final of the Six Day series in Mallorca. Archibald won her first individual world title in the Omnium, capping her track season.
At the European Championships, Archibald retained her Individual Pursuit and Omnium titles, while also being a member of the squad that claimed the silver medal for the team.
In the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling, Archibald was elected Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).
Archibald was selected to compete in the UK's cycling squad at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, where she was joined by Elinor Barker, Neah Evans, Laura Kenny, and Josie Knight for endurance events. Laura Kenny earned a silver medal in the Women's team competition but won the inaugural gold medal in Women's Madison. Archibald was selected for the European Track cycling championships in October 2021, winning her 15th and 16th gold medals in the Scratch race and Omnium to become the most competitive event ever.
Podium Ambition, formerly Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International, has turned professional for the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour. She and her coworker Sarah Storey and Joanna Rowsell were the first riders to be recognized in the new lineup. Archibald was a member of Sheffield's WNT Pro Cycling team in the 2017 season. Archibald came third third on stage three and four of the Semana Ciclista Valenciana during the 2017 season. Archibald won round 2 in Stoke-on-Trent and finished second in the first event in Redditch in the domestic Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series. In the British time trial championships on the Isle of Man, Archibald finished second and third, respectively, before winning the circuit racing championship in Sheffield.
Archibald has joined Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling for the 2018 season.