# Katie Archibald

Katie Archibald (born 12 March 1994) is an elite racing cyclist, specialising in endurance track cycling events in which she represents 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 is a champion in the same event at both the World (2014, 2023) and European (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2023) championships and former 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 2013 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 20 gold medals in European elite track championships is an all-time record for that championships. She also holds the women's British national record for the individual pursuit.
Her brother, John, is also an elite cyclist who has represented Great Britain and Scotland. 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.

## Early life and career

Archibald was privately educated at The Glasgow Academy. She has a sporting background in swimming and took up cycling relatively late, taking it up competitively in 2011 on the grass track and in 2012 on hard track.
After spending 2012–2013 working in the family business (Archers Sleepcentre) as a telesales operator, she was recruited into British Cycling's Olympic Development Academy in November 2013.

### Track

Archibald made her Great Britain debut at the 2013 European Track Championships. Alongside Laura Trott, Dani King and Elinor Barker, she won the gold medal and broke the world record twice in the team pursuit.
At the 2013–14 Track World Cup first round in Manchester, while riding for the Scottish Braveheart team, Archibald claimed silver in the scratch race and bronze in the points race. Recalled to the Great Britain team for the 2013–14 Track World Cup second round in Aguascalientes, Archibald was part of the quartet that won gold and broke the world record again in the team pursuit competition.
She then became Scotland's first female track cycling world champion, when she was part of the team that won the team pursuit title at the 2014 World Track Championships. Archibald won the gold medal in the same event, and another in the individual pursuit, at the 2014 European Track Championships. Archibald represented Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, 2014, as she claimed a bronze medal in the points race.
At the 2015 European Track Championships, Archibald became a triple European champion, retaining the team pursuit and individual pursuit titles she won in 2014, while adding the elimination race title.
Archibald returned to competition at the European Championships winning the omnium and for the third year in a row the pursuit and claimed the silver medal in the elimination race. At the Six days of London event, Archibald won eight of the ten races to secure the women's omnium title with 15 points. Archibald then returned to Glasgow for the World Cup event, where she partnered Manon Lloyd to win the Madison event, but broke her wrist in an early fall whilst changing with Lloyd. Archibald returned from injury to finish second at the Six Days of Berlin, and followed it up by winning four titles at the national championships. At the final of the Six Day series in Mallorca, Archibald finished runner up to her team pursuit teammate Elinor Barker. Archibald then capped her track season by winning her first individual world title in the Omnium.
Archibald retained her Individual Pursuit and Omnium titles at the European Championships and was also part of the team that took the silver medal in the team pursuit.
Archibald was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to cycling.
Archibald was chosen to be part of the UK's cycling squad at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was joined by Elinor Barker, Neah Evans, Laura Kenny and Josie Knight for the endurance races. She returned with a silver medal in the Women's team pursuit, but shared the inaugural gold medal in Women's Madison with Laura Kenny. In October 2021 Archibald was selected for the European Track cycling championships, winning her 15th and 16th gold medals in the Scratch race and Omnium to become the elite events most successful ever competitor. In June 2024, Archibald was ruled out of the upcoming Olympics in Paris. Archibald broke two bones in her leg and tore ligaments off the bone after falling over a step in her garden in a “freak accident.” She will make her return to the track in October at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.

### Road

Her road cycling team Podium Ambition, formerly Pearl Izumi Sports Tours International, turned professional for the start of the 2016 UCI Women's World Tour. She, along with team-mates Sarah Storey and Joanna Rowsell, were the first riders to be named in the new line-up. Archibald joined Sheffield based Team WNT Pro Cycling for the 2017 season. During the 2017 season, Archibald finished third on stage three and four of the Semana Ciclista Valenciana. In the domestic Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series, Archibald won round 2 in Stoke-on-Trent and finished second in the opening event in Redditch. Archibald finished second in the national road race championship and third in the British time trial championships on the Isle of Man, before taking the circuit racing championship in Sheffield.
For the 2018 season Archibald decided to join Wiggle High5 Pro Cycling.

## Personal life

Archibald's partner, Scottish racing cyclist Rab Wardell, died on 23 August 2022; she revealed she had unsuccessfully tried to save his life as he entered cardiac arrest in bed beside her.

## Major results
### Road
#### 2014

    1st Milk Race
    Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series
       1st Stages 1 & 3
    2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall British Cycling Women's Road Series
       1st Cheshire Classic
       1st Curlew Cup
    Commonwealth Games
       5th Time trial
       7th Road race

#### 2015

    1st London Nocturne
    1st Stage 2 Matrix Fitness Grand Prix Series

#### 2017

    National Road Championships
       1st Criterium
       2nd Road race
       3rd Time trial

#### 2018

    3rd Overall BeNe Ladies Tour
       1st Prologue
    4th Time trial, Commonwealth Games

#### 2022

    4th Overall Bloeizone Fryslân Tour

### Track
#### 2012

    National Junior Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       2nd Points race

#### 2013

    1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
    International Belgian Open
       1st Points race
       2nd Individual pursuit
    National Championships
       2nd Madison (with Charline Joiner)
       3rd Individual pursuit
    UCI World Cup
       1st Team pursuit, Aguascalientes
       2nd Scratch, Manchester
       3rd Individual pursuit, Manchester

#### 2014

    1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    UEC European Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Individual pursuit
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       2nd Team pursuit
    1st Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London
    Revolution
       1st Points race, Manchester
       2nd Omnium, London
       2nd Points race, Manchester
       3rd Omnium, London
    2nd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International
    3rd Points race, Commonwealth Games

#### 2015

    UEC European Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Elimination
    National Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Individual pursuit
       2nd Scratch
       2nd Points race
    1st Omnium, Internationale Radsport Meeting
    Revolution
       1st Scratch, Derby
       2nd Points race, Manchester
       2nd Points race, London
       2nd Scratch, Glasgow
       3rd Points race, Manchester
       3rd Points race, Glasgow
       3rd Scratch, London
    2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
    2nd Individual pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
    3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, Cali

#### 2016

    1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games
    UEC European Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Omnium
       2nd Elimination
    1st Madison, UCI World Cup, Glasgow (with Manon Lloyd)
    1st Omnium, Six Days of London
    2nd Omnium, Fenioux Piste International
    2nd Points race, Revolution, Glasgow

#### 2017

    1st Omnium, UCI World Championships
    UEC European Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Omnium
       2nd Team pursuit
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Points race
       1st Scratch
       1st Omnium
       2nd Keirin
    UCI World Cup
       1st Madison, Manchester (with Elinor Barker)
       1st Madison, Milton (with Ellie Dickinson)
       1st Points race, Milton
       1st Team pursuit, Manchester
       2nd Omnium, Manchester
    International Cycling Meeting
       1st Madison (with Ellie Dickinson)
       1st Omnium
    Six Days of Fiorenzuola
       1st Madison (with Emily Nelson)
       1st Omnium
       1st Points race
       1st Scratch
    1st Overall Six Days of London
       1st Omnium
       2nd Madison (with Lydia Boylan)
       3rd Scratch
    Round 1, Revolution Series Champions League
       1st Points race
       1st Scratch
    2nd Omnium, Six Days of Berlin
    2nd Omnium, Six Day Final, Mallorca

#### 2018

    UCI World Championships
       1st Madison (with Emily Nelson)
       2nd Team pursuit
    Commonwealth Games
       1st Individual pursuit
       2nd Points race
    UEC European Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Individual pursuit
       2nd Omnium
    UCI World Cup
       1st Madison, Milton (with Elinor Barker)
       1st Team pursuit, Milton
       1st Omnium, Berlin
       1st Team pursuit, Berlin
       1st Madison, London (with Laura Kenny)
       1st Team pursuit, London
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Scratch
       1st Points race
       1st Madison (with Elinor Barker)
       3rd Sprint
    Round 3, Revolution Series Champions League
       1st Scratch
       2nd Points race

#### 2019

    UEC European Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Madison (with Laura Kenny)
       3rd Individual pursuit
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       3rd Points race
       3rd Scratch
       3rd Sprint
    UCI World Cup, Glasgow
       1st Team pursuit
       2nd Madison (with Elinor Barker)
    Six Day Manchester
       1st Madison (with Neah Evans)
       1st Omnium
    1st Omnium, Six Day Finals – Brisbane
    6 Giorni delle Rose – Fiorenzuola
       1st Madison
       2nd Omnium
    Orlen Grand Prix
       1st Madison (with Neah Evans)
       1st Points race
    Six Day London
       1st Madison (with Neah Evans)
       1st Omnium
       2nd Scratch
    2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

#### 2020

    UEC European Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Team pursuit
    2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

#### 2021

    Olympic Games
       1st Madison (with Laura Kenny)
       2nd Team pursuit
    UCI World Championships
       1st Omnium
       2nd Points race
       3rd Team pursuit
       3rd Madison (with Neah Evans)
    UEC European Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Madison (with Neah Evans)
       1st Scratch race
    1st Overall Endurance, UCI Champions League
       1st Elimination, Palma
       1st Scratch, Panevėžys
       1st Elimination, Panevėžys
       1st Elimination, London I
       1st Elimination, London II
       2nd Scratch, London II
       3rd Scratch, London I

#### 2022

    2nd Team pursuit, UCI Nations Cup, Glasgow

#### 2023

    UEC European Championships
       1st Omnium
       1st Team pursuit
       1st Madison (with Elinor Barker)

#### 2024

    UCI World Championships
       1st Team pursuit
       3rd Madison (with Neah Evans)

#### Championships timeline

| Event | Event | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Olympic Games | Madison | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 1 | Not held | Not held | — |
| Olympic Games | Team pursuit | Not held | Not held | Not held | 1 | Not held | Not held | Not held | Not held | 2 | Not held | Not held | — |
| World Championships | Individual pursuit | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| World Championships | Madison | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | — | — | |
| World Championships | Omnium | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | |
| World Championships | Points race | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |
| World Championships | Scratch | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| World Championships | Team pursuit | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 |
| European Championships | Elimination race | Not held | Not held | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| European Championships | Individual pursuit | NH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| European Championships | Madison | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| European Championships | Omnium | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| European Championships | Points race | 15 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| European Championships | Scratch | NH | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| European Championships | Team pursuit | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Commonwealth Games | Individual pursuit | NH | 4 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 1 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held |
| Commonwealth Games | Points race | NH | 3 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 2 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held |
| Commonwealth Games | Scratch | NH | 5 | Not held | Not held | Not held | 4 | Not held | Not held | Not held | — | Not held | Not held |
| National Championships | Individual pursuit | 3 | 1 | 2 | NH | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | NH | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Keirin | — | — | — | NH | 2 | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Madison | 2 | Not held | Not held | — | — | 1 | — | Not held | Not held | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Omnium | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | Race did not exist | 1 | — | — | Not held | Not held | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Points race | — | — | 2 | NH | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | NH | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Scratch | — | — | 2 | NH | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | NH | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Sprint | — | — | — | NH | — | 3 | 3 | — | NH | — | — | — |
| National Championships | Team pursuit | — | 2 | 1 | NH | — | — | — | — | NH | — | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |