Bryony Botha

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.

Career Botha was raised in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Rangitoto College.

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. Later in the year Botha also competed at the Chile Track Cycling World Cup, winning gold in the women's team pursuit.

She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games claiming silver in the team pursuit. Botha also won bronze in the team pursuit at the 2019 Track Cycling World Championships in Poland.

In February 2025 at the UCI Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Botha set a new world record twice in the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit, with a time of 4:31:446 while qualifying and a time of 4:30.72 in the final. However, her record was surpassed twice later that week, as on February 15, 2025, Anna Morris won the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, and set a new world record in that event twice that day, by setting a world record time of 4:28.306 while qualifying and then a new world record time of 4:25.874 in the final.

Career achievements Major results

2014 National Junior Track Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Omnium 3rd 500m time trial

2015

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 2018

2019 1st Team pursuit, National Track Championships

2022 Commonwealth Games

2025

Awards In 2015 Botha won Auckland's Youth Sportswoman of the Year award and North Harbour Junior Sports Woman of the Year award.