About Katie Archibald
Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is a former elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represented 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 was a champion in the same event at both the World (2014, 2023, 2024) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2026) championships and current 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 21 gold medals in European elite track championships is an all-time record for that championships. On 12 May 2026, Archibald announced her retirement from the sport, despite having been previously selected to represent Scotland at the 2026 Commonwealth Games. She confirmed that following the end of her cycling career, she was in training to qualify as a nurse. 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.
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