Josie Knight

Josie Knight (born 29 March 1997) is a British professional racing cyclist who has at various stages represented Ireland, Great Britain, and England. Born in Buckinghamshire, England, her family moved to Dingle, Co. Kerry, in Ireland during her early infancy. Knight competed for Ireland prior to 2018, winning silver at the European Junior Championships in the team pursuit.

Following her transfer to Team GB in 2018, Knight was part of the British team that won the silver medal in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She also won a bronze medal in the same event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. She is a two-time world and three-time European champion in the team pursuit, and in both 2024 and 2026, she became the European champion in the individual pursuit. As of February 2026, she is the world-record holder in the individual pursuit.

Early life Knight was born in 1997 near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire but moved to Ireland shortly afterwards. She spent her childhood in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. She attended Scoil an Ghleanna Primary School and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Secondary School in Dingle.

She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Becoming British Knight switched from Ireland to Great Britain in 2018. She did so as she felt that she could better progress her cycling career in the UK. At that time, Ireland had no prospects of entering a team for Olympics 2020 and they did not possess an indoor Velodrome to train on. Knight became British champion when winning the individual pursuit at the 2020 British National Track Championships.

Knight was chosen to be part of the Team GB's 26-strong cycling squad for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was joined by Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Laura Kenny and Neah Evans for the endurance races. The team won the silver medal in the women's team pursuit event.

She was part of the Great Britain squad which won gold in the team pursuit at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark.

Knight was part of the British team pursuit line-up that won bronze at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She then finished in second position in the individual pursuit, where she was beaten in the final by her international teammate Anna Morris.

At the 2026 European Championships in Konya, Knight was part of the British team pursuit quartet who set a new world record en route to the gold medal. The team consisting of Knight, Archibald, Morris, and Millie Couzens also set a new world record of 4:02.808 in the final against Germany. She then set a second world record in the championships during the individual pursuit. Her time of 4:19.461 made her the first woman to complete the event in under 4:20 and broke the previous record of 4:23.624 set by Italian cyclist Vittoria Bussi. She went on to defeat Dutch rider Mischa Bredewold in the gold-medal race. In June 2026, she finished second at the British National Road Race Championships.

At the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Knight missed out on a medal in the team pursuit, after England were defeated by Wales in the bronze medal race. One day later, she won a silver medal in the individual pursuit, after she was beaten by Wales' Morris.

Major results Road

2019 2nd Overall Rás na mBan 1st Points classification 1st Young rider classification 1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 2026 2nd Road race, National Championships

Track

2016 2nd Omnium, Dublin International 2019

2020 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships 2021

2022 UCI World Championships

2023 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships UEC European Championships 1st Team pursuit

2024 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships UEC European Championships 1st Individual pursuit

2025 UCI World Championships

2026 UEC European Championships 1st Individual pursuit 1st Team pursuit National Championships 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Points race