Oliver Bleddyn

Oliver Bleddyn
OAM
Oliver Bleddyn poses in KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing (Roeselare, Belgium)
Personal information
Born (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002
Plymouth, UK[1]
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current teamARA Skip Capital
Discipline
RoleRider
Professional team
2023–ARA Skip Capital
Major wins
Track
Olympic Games
Team pursuit (2024)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2024 ParisTeam pursuit
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2025 SantiagoTeam pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 GlasgowIndividual pursuit
Silver medal – second place2026 GlasgowTeam pursuit

Oliver Bleddyn OAM (born 27 January 2002) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team ARA Skip Capital.[2] He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the individual pursuit at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

Early life

He is from Western Australia and started bike racing at 12 years-old. He attended Frederick Irwin Anglican School and Applecross Senior High School. In 2018, he joined the Western Australian Institute of Sport. He won an Oceania U19 title in the team pursuit and won a silver in the individual pursuit. In 2021, he started training at the South Australia Institute for Sport.[3][4]

Career

He won gold with the team pursuit at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Brisbane in 2022.[5] He finished third in the time trial at the Oceania Road Cycling Championships in 2023.[6] He competed for Australia in the team pursuit and individual pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.[7][8]

Bleddyn competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the team pursuit, winning the gold medal.[4][9]

Bleddyn won a silver medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's team pursuit in Santiago, Chile.[10]

In January 2026, he was runner-up to Jay Vine at the Australian National Time Trial Championships.[11] Competing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Bleddyn set a Games-record time of 4:03.898 to win the gold medal in the 4000 metres individual pursuit. He also won the silver medal as part of the Australian side in the team pursuit.[12][13]

Major results

Track

2018
Oceanian Junior Championships
1st Madison
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
2019
1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Junior Championships
2021
2nd Scratch, National Championships
2022
1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships
National Championships
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Madison
2nd Points race
2023
Oceanian Championships
1st Team pursuit
3rd Madison
National Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Individual pursuit
2024
1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2nd Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships
2025
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

Road

2022
7th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
2023
2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
3rd Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships
2026
2nd Time trial, National Championships

References

  1. ↑ "Oliver Bleddyn". Eurosport. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "ARA Skip Capital". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Oliver Bleddyn". auscycling. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  4. 1 2 Gratton, Kasey (24 July 2024). "From Peel to Paris: Childhood friends Conor Leahy & Oliver Bleddyn to compete together in Olympic team pursuit". Perth Now. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Brennan, Eliott (4 April 2022). "Australia dominate on day three of Oceania Track Cycling Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  6. ↑ "Oceania Continental Championships MU - ITT 2023". procyclingstats. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  7. ↑ "Track Worlds Day 3: Denmark, Great Britain claim team pursuit". Cycling News. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  8. ↑ Lamoureux, Lyne (August 6, 2023). "Track Worlds Day 4: Ganna wins individual pursuit after tight battle with Bigham". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Weislo, Laura (August 1, 2024). "Paris Olympics: Men's team pursuit preview". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Men's Team Pursuit secure silver and first Track Worlds podium in six years". Olympics.com.au. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  11. ↑ Giuliani, Simone (8 Jan 2026). "Jay Vine reclaims elite men's time trial title at the Australian Road National Championships". Cycling News. Retrieved 8 Jan 2026.
  12. ↑ "Australia's Oliver Bleddyn breaks Commonwealth Games record in Men's 4000m Ind. Pursuit". glasgow2026. 2 August 2026.
  13. ↑ "AUSTRALIAN CYCLISTS FINISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES WITH RECORD MEDAL HAUL". Australiancyclingteam. 3 Aug 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
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