Daniel Barber (cyclist)
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| Born | 3 March 2003 Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2025 Australian elite men's kierin champion
2025 Oceania team sprint champion 2024 Oceania team sprint champion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Barber (born 3 March 2003) is an Australian track cyclist[1] who competes in sprinting events. As part of the Men's Team Sprint he won a gold meda[2]l for Australia at the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. He won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships[3] and 2025 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup. He was the 2025 Australian elite men's keirin champion.[4]
Career
From Dubbo in New South Wales, Barber rode as a junior cyclist winning many U15 and U17 titles. He set an Australian flying 200m record[5] for an U17 rider of 10.724 seconds at the 2019 Australian Junior Track National Championships.[6] In the same year he rode as an U19 cyclist at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships[7] in Invercargill, New Zealand where he won the Oceania U19 sprint and keirin titles.[8]
In 2021 he won three gold medals as an U19 at the National Track Championships, and recorded a championship record flying 200m time of 10.254 seconds.[9]
In the 2024/2025 season he won the UCI C1 event in Melbourne, Australia.[10] In the 2025 Oceania Track Championships, he took gold[11] as part of the Australian men's team sprint team, was second in the individual sprint, and third in the keirin.[12]
At the 2025 UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup in Turkey, he took bronze as part of the Australian men's team sprint team,[13] finished fifth in the individual sprint with a qualifying time of 9.381 seconds and finished sixth in the keirin event.[14]
At the 2025 UCI Track World Championships in Chile, he took bronze as part of the Australian men's team sprint team.[15] He also finished ninth in the men's Sprint Event.[16]
At the 2025 Australian Track National Championships he took his first elite individual national title, winning gold in the elite men's keirin.[4]
At the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games Barber claimed a Gold Medal as part of the Australian Team in the Mens Team Sprint event.[17]
References
- ↑ "ARA Australian Cycling Team announcement: UCI Track Nations Cup in Konya, Türkiye". australiancyclingteam.com. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ Lorenzin, Zoe (30 July 2026). "Men win team sprint, women claim team pursuit at Games | Commonwealth Games Australia". Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "2025 TISSOT UCI TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". uci.org. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- 1 2 "'I was eyes closed throwing for the line': Danny Barber wins first elite national national title in keirin photo finish | Track Nationals". tracknationals.org.au. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ↑ "Barber makes Australian history with blistering sprint performance". dailyliberal.com.au. 25 February 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ "2019 Australian Junior Track National Championships Results". results.auscycling.org.au. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ↑ Dubbo Cycle Club (18 October 2019). Danny Barber wins Oceania Keirin Title. Retrieved 2 June 2025 – via YouTube.
- ↑ "2020 Oceania Track Championships | Oceania Cycling Confederation". oceaniacycling.org. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ↑ "Cornish flies to secure NSW sprint title as track nationals crown more champions". SBS Sport. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ "UCI Omnium and Sprint including AJTS Rd2". results.auscycling.org.au. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ↑ "Medal winners: Australia at the 2025 Oceania Track Cycling Championships". auscycling.org.au. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ "2025 Oceania Track Championships". results.auscycling.org.au. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
- ↑ "Paris medallist Matt Richardson has moved on. So have Australia's sprinters". ABC News. 28 March 2025. Retrieved 2 June 2025.
- ↑ "2025 UCI Track Nations Cup". uci.org. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
- ↑ "2025 TISSOT UCI TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". uci.org. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ "2025 TISSOT UCI TRACK WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". uci.org. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ Lorenzin, Zoe (30 July 2026). "Men win team sprint, women claim team pursuit at Games | Commonwealth Games Australia". Retrieved 11 August 2026.
External links
- Daniel Barber at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Daniel Barber at InterSportStats
- Daniel James Barber at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Danny Barber on Instagram