Josie Knight
Josie Knight (born 29 March 1997) is an
Josie Knight
English professional racing cyclist who has at
various stages represented Ireland, Great Britain
and England. Born in Buckinghamshire in
England, her family moved to Dingle, Co. Kerry
in Ireland during her early infancy. Josie
competed for Ireland prior to 2018, winning
silver with the Irish team in the European Junior
Championships in team pursuit in Anadia,
Portugal.
Following her transfer to the UK team in 2018,
Knight was part of the Great Britain team that
won the silver medal in team pursuit at the 2020
Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a
World and double European champion in team
pursuit, and in 2024 became European champion
in individual pursuit, her first international title.
She has won further silver and bronze medals for Josie Knight in 2020
Great Britain in the World and European Personal information
Championships, and at the European Games. Born 29 March 1997
Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United
Representing England, Knight won bronze in
Kingdom
team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Team information
in Birmingham, England.
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Life Medal record
Knight was born in 1997 near Aylesbury, Women's track cycling
Buckinghamshire[1] but moved to Ireland shortly Representing Great Britain
afterwards. She spent her childhood in Dingle, Olympic Games
County Kerry, Ireland. She attended Scoil an 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
Ghleanna Primary School and Pobalscoil Chorca
2024 Paris Team pursuit
Dhuibhne Secondary School in Dingle. She said
World Championships
that she became a cyclist for Ireland as a youth
but decided to transfer to the UK to further 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit
enhance her cycling career. 2024 Ballerup Team pursuit
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Team pursuit
She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World
2021 Roubaix Team pursuit
Championships.[2]
2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Individual pursuit
European Games
Becoming British 2019 Minsk Team pursuit
European Championships
Knight switched from Ireland to Great Britain in 2020 Plovdiv Team pursuit
2018. She did so as she felt that she could better
2023 Grenchen Team pursuit
progress her cycling career in the UK. At that
time Ireland had no prospects of entering a team 2024 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit
for Olympics 2020 and neither had they an 2023 Grenchen Individual pursuit
indoor Velodrome to train on. Knight became 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit
British champion when winning the Individual Representing England
Pursuit Championship at the 2020 British
Commonwealth Games
National Track Championships.[3]
2022 Birmingham Team pursuit
Knight was chosen to be part of the UK's 26- Representing Ireland
strong cycling squad for the delayed 2020 Tokyo U23 & Junior European Championships
Olympics where she wS joined by Katie 2014 Anadia Individual pursuit
Archibald, Elinor Barker, Laura Kenny and Neah
Evans for the endurance races.[4] The team won
the silver medal in the women's team pursuit event.[5]
She was part of the Great Britain squad which won gold in the team pursuit at the 2024 UCI Track
Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark.[6][7]
Major results
Road
2019
2nd Overall Rás na mBan
1st Points classification
1st Best Young Rider classification
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
Track
2016
2nd Omnium, Dublin International
2019
2nd Team pursuit, European Games
2020
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2021
2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
2022
UCI World Championships
2nd Team pursuit
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
2023
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
2024
UEC European Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team pursuit
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
References
1. Drew, Sophie (19 July 2021). "The Bucks Olympians heading to Tokyo 2020" (https://www.b
uckinghamshirelive.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/tokyo-2020-bucks-olympians-you-565059
8). buckinghamshirelive.
2. "Entry List: Women" (http://www.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/NewsGeneral/16/85/16/201502
12_SQEY_WE_EntryListUCIwebsite_English.PDF) (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February
2015.
3. "Results" (https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/track/2020/2020_National_
Track_Championships_-_Results_Book.pdf) (PDF). British Cycling.
4. "Olympic Games: Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26-strong cycling squad
for Tokyo" (https://www.skysports.com/cycling/news/15234/12337323/olympic-games-team-
gb-name-laura-kenny-and-jason-kenny-in-26-strong-cycling-squad-for-tokyo). Sky Sports.
Retrieved 21 June 2021.
5. "Olympics: Germany beat Great Britain to win gold in women's team pursuit" (https://www.cy
clingnews.com/races/olympic-games-2021/women-s-team-pursuit/results/). Cycling News.
Retrieved 18 October 2024.
6. "GB win women's team pursuit gold at World Championships" (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/c
ycling/articles/c5y8ln00gv0o). BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
7. " 'We came out swinging' - Great Britain make sensational catch to win team pursuit gold at
World Championships" (https://www.cyclingweekly.com/racing/we-came-out-swinging-great-
britain-make-sensational-catch-to-win-team-pursuit-gold-at-world-championships). Cycling
Weekly. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
External links
Josie Knight (https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/bio/Josie_Knight) at British
Cycling
Josie Knight (https://www.uci.org/rider-details/97622) at UCI
Josie Knight (https://olympics.com/en/athletes/josie-knight) at Olympics.com
Josie Knight (https://www.teamgb.com/athletes/G4HNWEchoKyh66jq3oR9a) at Team GB
Josie Knight (https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/josie-knight) at Team England
Josie Knight (https://results.birmingham2022.com/#/athlete-details/56786) at the
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Josie Knight (https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/josie-knight_1912532) at the Paris
2024 Summer Olympics
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