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.^[1]

Bryony Botha

Botha in 2020
Personal information
Born	(1997-11-04) 4 November 1997 (age 27) Takapuna, New Zealand
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Disciplines	Track Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Endurance
Medal record Women's track cycling Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team pursuit World Championships 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Individual pursuit 2023 Glasgow Team pursuit 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit 2023 Glasgow Individual pursuit 2024 Ballerup Individual pursuit Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Individual pursuit 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit 2022 Birmingham Team pursuit UCI Junior Track World Championships 2015 Astana Team pursuit 2014 Gwangmyeong Team pursuit

Career

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]

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.^[9] 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.^[10][11]

Career achievements

Major results

2014

National Junior Track Championships

1st Individual pursuit

1st Omnium

3rd 500m time trial

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

1st Team pursuit

3rd Madison

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

In 2015 Botha won Auckland's Youth Sportswoman of the Year award and North Harbour Junior Sports Woman of the Year award.^[2]