Josie Knight (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional racing cyclist who has represented Great Britain and England since 2018. Although born in Buckinghamshire in England, her family moved to Dingle in Ireland in her infancy, gaining Knight Irish citizenship, and she competed for Ireland prior to 2018, winning silver with the Irish team in the European Junior Championships in team pursuit in Anadia, Portugal.[1]
Following her transfer of allegiance, Knight was part of the Great Britain team that won the silver medal in team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a World and double European champion in team pursuit, and in 2024 became European champion in individual pursuit, her first international title. She has won further silver and bronze medals for Great Britain in the World and European Championships, and at the European Games.
Representing England, Knight won bronze in team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
Knight was born in 1997 near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire,[2][3] and she spent her childhood in County Kerry in Ireland. She said that she became a cyclist for Ireland as a youth but she did not think of herself as Irish.[4]
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^ ab"Josie Knight on leaving "grim" Ireland cycling set-up for Team GB". Sticky Bottle. 14 May 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
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josie, knight, born, march, 1997, english, professional, racing, cyclist, represented, great, britain, england, since, 2018, although, born, buckinghamshire, england, family, moved, dingle, ireland, infancy, gaining, knight, irish, citizenship, competed, irela. Josie Knight born 29 March 1997 is an English professional racing cyclist who has represented Great Britain and England since 2018 Although born in Buckinghamshire in England her family moved to Dingle in Ireland in her infancy gaining Knight Irish citizenship and she competed for Ireland prior to 2018 winning silver with the Irish team in the European Junior Championships in team pursuit in Anadia Portugal 1 Josie KnightJosie Knight in 2020Personal informationBorn 1997 03 29 29 March 1997 age 27 Aylesbury Buckinghamshire United KingdomTeam informationDisciplineTrackRoleRiderMedal record Women s track cycling Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit World Championships 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit 2022 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Team pursuit 2021 Roubaix Team pursuit 2022 Saint Quentin en Yvelines Individual pursuit European Games 2019 Minsk Team pursuit European Championships 2020 Plovdiv Team pursuit 2023 Grenchen Team pursuit 2024 Apeldoorn Individual pursuit 2023 Grenchen Individual pursuit 2024 Apeldoorn Team pursuit Representing England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit Representing Ireland U23 amp Junior European Championships 2014 Anadia Individual pursuit Following her transfer of allegiance Knight was part of the Great Britain team that won the silver medal in team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Japan She is a World and double European champion in team pursuit and in 2024 became European champion in individual pursuit her first international title She has won further silver and bronze medals for Great Britain in the World and European Championships and at the European Games Representing England Knight won bronze in team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham England Contents 1 Life 2 Becoming British 3 Major results 3 1 Road 3 2 Track 4 References 5 External linksLife editKnight was born in 1997 near Aylesbury Buckinghamshire 2 3 and she spent her childhood in County Kerry in Ireland She said that she became a cyclist for Ireland as a youth but she did not think of herself as Irish 4 She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships 5 Becoming British editKnight switched her allegiance from Ireland to Great Britain in 2018 6 She later described the Irish set up at the time as grim 4 Knight became British champion when winning the Individual Pursuit Championship at the 2020 British National Track Championships 7 Knight was chosen to be part of the UK s 26 strong cycling squad for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she is joined by Katie Archibald Elinor Barker Laura Kenny and Neah Evans for the endurance races 8 The team won the silver medal in the women s team pursuit event Major results editRoad edit 2019 2nd Overall Ras na mBan1st nbsp Points classification 1st nbsp Best Young Rider classification 1st Stages 1 2 amp 3 dd Track edit 2016 2nd Omnium Dublin International 2019 2nd nbsp Team pursuit European Games 2020 1st nbsp Team pursuit UEC European Championships 2021 2nd nbsp Team pursuit Olympic Games 3rd nbsp Team pursuit UCI World Championships 2022 UCI World Championships2nd nbsp Team pursuit 3rd nbsp Individual pursuit dd 3rd nbsp Team pursuit Commonwealth Games 2023 1st nbsp Team pursuit UCI World Championships UEC European Championships1st nbsp Team pursuit 2nd nbsp Individual pursuit dd 2024 UEC European Championships1st nbsp Individual pursuit 2nd nbsp Team pursuit dd References edit Josie Knight targeting Olympics place after swapping Ireland for Great Britain The Independent Archived from the original on 17 June 2022 Retrieved 13 April 2021 Josie Knight targeting Olympic place after swapping Ireland for Great Britain Bucks Free Press Drew Sophie 19 July 2021 The Bucks Olympians heading to Tokyo 2020 buckinghamshirelive a b Josie Knight on leaving grim Ireland cycling set up for Team GB Sticky Bottle 14 May 2020 Retrieved 21 June 2021 Entry List Women PDF UCI Retrieved 18 February 2015 Josie Knight www procyclingstats com Retrieved 21 June 2021 Results PDF British Cycling Olympic Games Team GB name Laura Kenny and Jason Kenny in 26 strong cycling squad for Tokyo Sky Sports Retrieved 21 June 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Josie Knight Josie Knight at UCI nbsp Josie Knight at Cycling Archives nbsp Josie Knight at ProCyclingStats nbsp Josie Knight at Cycling Quotient nbsp Josie Knight at CycleBase nbsp Josie Knight at Olympedia nbsp Josie Knight at Team GB nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Josie Knight amp oldid 1212343302, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
