Katie Archibald was born on 12 March 1994, and is an elite Scottish and British racing cyclist, specializing in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland.
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A member of the Great Britain 2016 Olympic champion and 2020 Olympic silver medallists team in women’s team pursuit, she is a champion in the same event at both the World (2014) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023) championships and former world record holder.
She also holds an Olympic gold medal after winning the inaugural women’s Madison race at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo with her partner, Laura Kenny.

Individually, Archibald has been European champion in the elimination race in 2015, four times in the omnium in 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2023, in the scratch race in 2021, the women’s Madison twice in 2021 and 2023, and a four-time European champion in the individual pursuit between 2013 and 2017.
In 2017 she secured her first individual global title, winning the Omnium at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and won a third world championship the following year when 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, with a second world Omnium title.
Archibald’s 20 gold medals in the European Elite track championships is an all-time record for that championship.
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She also holds the women’s British national record for the individual pursuit.
Her brother, John, is also an elite cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Scotland.
Both won medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games representing. Katie won gold in the women’s individual pursuit and John silver in the men’s.
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Olympic champion Katie Archibald has revealed the moment paramedics tried to save her partner before he died in bed next to her – and her guilt at offering him a glass of water when he woke up gasping for air.
Fellow cyclist Rab Wardell tragically died at the age of just 37 last August after he suffered a cardiac arrest at their home in Glasgow.
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Representing both Great Britain and Scotland, she has an impressive collection of accolades, including two Olympic gold medals in women’s team pursuit (2016) and Madison (2020), making her an Olympic champion and silver medalist in Tokyo (2020)


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