Katy Marchant, (born 30 January 1993) is an elite English track cyclist who specialises in the sprint disciplines. She was educated at Brigshaw High School.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Katy Marchant |
| Born | 30 January 1993[1] Leeds, England, United Kingdom |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track |
| Role | Rider |
Medal record | |
Career
Originally from Leeds, Marchant was based in Manchester after her switch to cycling in April 2013. Marchant began her sporting life as a heptathlete, and represented Great Britain in that event at the 2012 World Junior Championships. The switchover was instigated by her former coach, Toni Minichiello (best known for coaching Jessica Ennis), who suggested the move to cycling having seen the results of her power output on a Wattbike test. Marchant had cycled for leisure on a mountain bike and on the road, but had no experience of track cycling. After a 6-week trial period, she permanently switched to track cycling.[2] She became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy in April 2013, and graduated to the Olympic Development Programme in November 2013.[3]
In 2015, she won four national titles at the 2015 British National Track Championships, they were the 500m time trial, Sprint, Keirin and the Team Sprint.[4]
At the 2018 British National Track Championships she won her second time trial and sprint titles to take her tally to six in total. Later that year she won a bronze medal in the Team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.[5]
Marchant was chosen to be part of the UK's 26-strong cycling squad for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was the sprint specialist.[6] She went on to win an Olympic Games bronze medal in the individual sprint.
Marchant won her seventh national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won the Team Sprint for the second time.[7]
Palmarès
- 2013
- 2nd British National Team Sprint Championships (with Victoria Williamson)
- British National Track Championships
- 2nd Keirin race
- 3rd Match sprint
- 2014
- 1st Sprint, Oberhausen
- 2nd British National Team Sprint Championships (with Victoria Williamson)[8]
- British National Track Championships
- 3rd Sprint, Revolution – Round 3, Manchester
- 3rd Team Sprint, GP von Deutschland im Sprint (with Jessica Varnish)
- European U23 Track Championships
- 3rd Team Sprint (with Rosie Blount)[12]
- 3rd Keirin race
- 2015
- Revolution
- 1st Keirin - Round 1, Derby
- 1st Sprint - Round 1, Derby
- 1st 500m Time Trial - Round 1, Derby
- 2nd Sprint – Round 3, Manchester
- 3rd Keirin – Round 3, Manchester
- Trofeu CAR Anadia Portugal
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- Open des Nations sur Piste de Roubaix
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Keirin
- National Track Championships
- 1st Individual sprint[13]
- 1st Keirin[14]
- 1st Team Sprint (with Jessica Varnish)[15]
- 1st 500m time trial[16]
- UEC European U23 Championships
- 1st
Keirin - 2nd Team Sprint (with Victoria Williamson)
- 1st
- Internationale Radsport Meeting
- 2nd Sprint
- 3rd 500m Time Trial
- 2016
- 3rd
Sprint, Olympic Games - 2nd Keirin, Fenioux Piste International
- 2017
- Siberne Eule von Ludwigshafen
- 1st Keirin
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Sprint Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi
- 2nd Sprint, Öschelbronn
References
External links
- Katy Marchant at World Athletics
- Katy Marchant at Cycling Archives
- Katy Marchant at Olympedia
- Katy Marchant at Olympics.com
- Katy Marchant at Team GB
- Katy Marchant at Team England
- Katy Marchant at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Katy Marchant on X
