Bryony Botha (born 4 November 1997) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit during the 2024 summer Olympic Games with Ally Wollaston, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields.[1]
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| Born | 4 November 1997 Takapuna, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Endurance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editBotha was raised in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Rangitoto College.[2]
At the 2015 Juniors Track World Championships Botha was part of the team pursuit that won the event, and broke the world team pursuit record.[2] In 2017 Botha represented New Zealand at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships where she won the team pursuit and scratch race.[3][4] Later in the year Botha also competed at the Chile Track Cycling World Cup, winning gold in the women's team pursuit.[5]
She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games claiming silver in the team pursuit.[6][7] Botha also won bronze in the team pursuit at the 2019 Track Cycling World Championships in Poland.[8]
Career achievements
editMajor results
edit- 2014
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st Omnium
- 3rd 500m time trial
- 1st
- 3rd
Team pursuit, UCI Juniors Track World Championships - 2015
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI Juniors Track World Championships - 2nd Omnium, National Junior Track Championships
- 3rd Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
- 2016
- 1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
- 2017
- National Track Championships
- 1st Team pursuit
- 3rd Madison
- 1st
- 2018
- 2nd
Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games - 2019
- 1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships
- 3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2022
- 1st
Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games - 2nd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Awards
editIn 2015 Botha won Auckland's Youth Sportswoman of the Year award and North Harbour Junior Sports Woman of the Year award.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Olympics.com".
- ^ a b c "Bryony Botha – Auckland's Youth Sportswoman of the Year 2015". College Sport Media. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Zealand, Cycling New. "NZ World Champions on fire while Australia Team Pursuit impress". www.cyclingnewzealand.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Three Oceania titles in two days for Kiwi cyclist Kirstie James". Stuff. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Gold medal joy for two of the NZ combinations at track cycling world cup". Stuff. 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Sport". ZB.
- ^ "Bryony Botha | New Zealand Olympic Team". New Zealand Olympic Team. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Cycling: Thomas Sexton's bronze medal breaks NZ drought at world championships". Newshub – via www.newshub.co.nz.
External links
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- Bryony Botha at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Bryony Botha at ProCyclingStats
- Bryony Botha at CycleBase
- Bryony Botha at Olympics.com
- Bryony Botha at Olympedia
- Bryony Botha at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
- Bryony Botha at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
