Kelland O'Brien
 O'Brien in 2022 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Kelland O'Brien |
| Born | 22 May 1998 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 |
Kelland O'Brien (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 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
- 1st
- 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 |
|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
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— |
 Tour de France
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— |
 Vuelta a España
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DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| 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
