Bryony Botha
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Born | Takapuna, New Zealand | 4 November 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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]
Career
[edit]Botha 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
[edit]Major results
[edit]- 2014
- National Junior Track Championships
- 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
- 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
[edit]In 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
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Bryony Botha at Cycling Archives
- 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
- 1997 births
- Living people
- New Zealand female cyclists
- New Zealand track cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- People educated at Rangitoto College
- Cyclists from Auckland
- People from Takapuna
- 21st-century New Zealand women
- Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists in cycling
- Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand