Katy Marchant, (born 30 January 1993) is an elite British track cyclist who specialises in the sprint disciplines. She won gold as part of the Great Britain women's sprint team at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and was a European champion in the 500 metre time trial in 2024.
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| Full name | Katy Marchant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 January 1993[1] Leeds, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
editOriginally from Leeds, Marchant was based in Manchester after her switch to cycling in April 2013. She was educated at Brigshaw High School. 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 2016 Summer Olympics she won a bronze medal in the individual sprint.[5]
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.[6]
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.[7] She finished 5th in the overall standings.
Marchant won her seventh national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won the Team Sprint for the second time.[8]
At the 2024 Summer Olympics, Marchant, alongside teammates Sophie Capewell and Emma Finucane, won the gold medal in the women’s team sprint. The team broke the world record three times during the event, ultimately setting the new record at 45.186 seconds in the final.[9][10]
At the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, Marchant teamed with Finucane and Capewell to win gold in the team sprint.[11][12] She additionally won bronze medals in the 500 m time trial and the keirin, with the time trial bronze being her first individual World Championships medal.[13][14]
Major results
edit- 2013
- British National Track Championships
- 2nd
Team sprint (with Victoria Williamson) - 2nd Keirin
- 3rd
Individual sprint
- 2nd
- 2014
- 1st Sprint, Oberhausen
- British National Track Championships
- 2nd Team sprint (with Victoria Williamson)[15]
- 2nd Individual sprint[16]
- 3rd Keirin race[17]
- 3rd 500m time trial[18]
- 2nd
- 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)[19]
- 3rd Keirin race
- 3rd
- 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
- British National Track Championships
- 1st
Individual sprint[20] - 1st Keirin[21]
- 1st Team Sprint (with Jessica Varnish)[22]
- 1st 500m time trial[23]
- 1st
- UEC European U23 Championships
- 1st
Keirin - 2nd Team Sprint (with Victoria Williamson)
- 1st
- Internationale Radsport Meeting
- 2nd Sprint
- 3rd 500m Time Trial
- 2016
- Olympic Games
- 3rd
Sprint
- 3rd
- 2nd Keirin, Fenioux Piste International
- 2017
- Siberne Eule von Ludwigshafen
- 1st Keirin
- 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Sprint Internationaal Baan Sprint Keirin Toernooi
- 2nd Sprint, Öschelbronn
- 2018
- British National Track Championships
- 1st Sprint
- 1st 500m Time trial
- 1st
- 2023
- European Championships
- 2nd
Team sprint (with Emma Finucane, Lauren Bell and Sophie Capewell)
- 2nd
- British National Track Championships
- 1st Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Milly Tanner)
- 2nd Keirin
- 1st
- 2024
- Olympic Games
- 1st
Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell)
- 1st
- UCI World Championships
- 1st
Team sprint (with Emma Finucane and Sophie Capewell) - 3rd
500 m time trial - 3rd Keirin
- 1st
- European Championships
- 1st
500m time trial - 2nd Team sprint (with Emma Finucane, Sophie Capewell and Lowri Thomas)
- 1st
References
edit- ^ "GB Cycling Team Rider Biography". British Cycling. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Marchant excited to be on the British Cycling Olympic Academy Programme". British Cycling. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "News: GB Confirm Squad for 2013/14". Velo UK. 21 November 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
- ^ "Katy Marchant Wins First British Title with Sprint Triumph at British Cycling National Track Championships". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Becky James and Katy Marchant win Olympic sprint silver and bronze". Sky Sports. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Katy Marchant rider profile". British Cycling. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad for Tokyo". Sky Sports. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "2023 British Cycling Track Championships Results". Velo UK. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "British trio win women's team sprint gold". BBC Sport. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "Paris 2024 Olympics: Record-breaking Team GB storm to stunning gold in women's team sprint". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ^ "British trio win women's world team sprint gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Great Britain storm to women's team sprint gold at Cycling World Championships". The Independent. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
- ^ "Track magic as Morris wins first British female individual pursuit world title in 10 years". British Cycling. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Great Briain equals best ever result at the 2024 Tissot UCI Track World Championships". British Cycling. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "National Track Championships: Varnish & Trott among winners". bbc.co.uk. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "National Track Championships: Jess Varnish powers to sprint title". bbc.co.uk. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "National Track Championships: Four golds for Varnish & Skinner". bbc.co.uk. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
- ^ "National Track Championships: Jess Varnish wins time trial title". bbc.co.uk. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
- ^ "Great Britain power to junior women's team pursuit gold at European track championships".
- ^ "British National Track Championships 25th-27th September 2015: Communiqué No 22: Category Female: Event Sprint: Round Final Result" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "British National Track Championship 25th-27th September 2015: Communiqué No 049: Category Female: Event Keirin: Round Final Result" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ^ "British National Track Championships 25th-27th September 2015: Results - Team Female" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ^ "British National Track Championship 25th-27th September 2015: Results: Female: 500m Time Trial" (PDF). British Cycling. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
External links
edit- Katy Marchant at British Cycling
- Katy Marchant at World Athletics
- Katy Marchant at Cycling Archives (archived)
- 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 at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
