About Kelland O'Brien
Born 1998. Kelland O'Brien is an Australian sport cyclist.
Kelland O'Brien OAM (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . O'Brien qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit where he and his team secured an Olympic Gold Medal. The team also set a new Olympic & World record in their First Round Qualifying race with a time of 3:40.730 on 6 August 2024.
Biography O'Brien grew up in Kew, Victoria, Australia. He started in BMX but then switched to mountain bike. O'Brien also did quite a bit of road cycling before concentrating on the track. He represented Australia at the 2015 Junior World Championships and his performances allowed him to get a Madison gold and Team Pursuit bronze.
O'Brien rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In December 2017, he was awarded Australian Institute of Sport Emerging Athlete of the Year.
Major results Road
2019 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 10th Halle–Ingooigem 2020 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 2021 National Championships 2nd Road Race 3rd Time trial 2022 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen 2023 1st Criterium, National Championships 9th Rund um Köln 2024 National Championships 3rd Road race 4th Time trial 8th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne 2025 3rd Time trial, National Championships 2026
3rd Time trial, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2022 Giro d'Italia — Tour de France — Vuelta a España DNF
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
Track
2015 UCI World Junior Championships
1st Omnium, National Junior Championships 2016
2017 UCI World Championships 1st Team pursuit
2018
Oceania Championships 1st Team pursuit
National Championships 1st Points race 1st Team pursuit 3rd Individual pursuit UCI World Cup 1st Team pursuit, Burlin 3rd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Leigh Howard) 2nd Six Days of London (with Leigh Howard) 2019 Oceania Championships 1st Points race
National Championships 1st Madison (with Leigh Howard) 1st Scratch 1st Team pursuit 2nd Points race UCI World Cup 1st Team pursuit, Brisbane 2nd Madison, Hong Kong (with Sam Welsford) 2020 Oceania Championships 1st Madison (with Sam Welsford)
1st Madison, National Championships (with Sam Welsford) 2021 2nd Madison, National Championships (with Cameron Meyer)
2023 1st Madison, National Championships (with Graeme Frislie) 2024
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Who is Kelland O'Brien?
Australian cyclist
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Kelland O'Brien was born on 22 May 1998 in Melbourne.
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Kelland O'Brien is a sport cyclist.
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Kelland O'Brien is Australian.
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