Katie Archibald

Katie Archibald
MBE
Personal information
Born (1994-03-12) 12 March 1994
Chertsey, Surrey, England
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Rider type
  • Pursuitist (track)
  • Time trialist (road)
Amateur teams
Team Thomsons Cycles
City of Edinburgh Racing Club
Professional teams
2014–2016Madison–Boot Out Breast Cancer Care
2017Team WNT
2018Wiggle High5
2022–2024Ceratizit–WNT Pro Cycling
Major wins
Track
Olympic Games
Madison (2020)
Team pursuit (2016)
World Championships
Omnium (2017, 2021)
Madison (2018)
Team pursuit (2014, 2023, 2024)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 2 1 0
World Championships 6 6 3
European Championships 20 5 1
Commonwealth Games 1 1 1
Total 29 13 5
Women's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam pursuit
2020 TokyoMadison
2020 TokyoTeam pursuit
World Championships
2014 CaliTeam pursuit
2017 Hong KongOmnium
2018 ApeldoornMadison
2021 RoubaixOmnium
2023 GlasgowTeam pursuit
2024 BallerupTeam pursuit
2015 YvelinesTeam pursuit
2018 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
2019 PruszkówTeam pursuit
2020 BerlinTeam pursuit
2021 RoubaixPoints race
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTeam pursuit
2021 RoubaixMadison
2021 RoubaixTeam pursuit
2024 BallerupMadison
European Championships
2013 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
2014 GuadeloupeIndividual pursuit
2014 GuadeloupeTeam pursuit
2015 GrenchenIndividual pursuit
2015 GrenchenElimination
2015 GrenchenTeam pursuit
2016 YvelinesIndividual pursuit
2016 YvelinesOmnium
2017 BerlinIndividual pursuit
2017 BerlinOmnium
2018 GlasgowTeam pursuit
2019 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
2020 PlovdivPoints race
2020 PlovdivTeam pursuit
2021 GrenchenScratch
2021 GrenchenOmnium
2021 GrenchenMadison
2023 GrenchenOmnium
2023 GrenchenMadison
2023 GrenchenTeam pursuit
2016 YvelinesElimination
2017 BerlinTeam pursuit
2018 GlasgowIndividual pursuit
2018 GlasgowOmnium
2019 ApeldoornMadison
2019 ApeldoornIndividual pursuit
European U23 Championships
2015 AthensIndividual pursuit
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastIndividual pursuit
2018 Gold CoastPoints race
2014 GlasgowPoints race

Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents Great Britain and Scotland.

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, 2023, 2024) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023) championships and former world record holder. She won her second Olympic gold medal in 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 2014 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 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 European elite track championships is an all-time record for that championships. 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 Scotland; Katie won gold in the women's individual pursuit and John silver in the men's.