Kelland O'Brien

Kelland O'Brien OAM (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla.^[1][2] 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.

Kelland O'Brien
OAM

O'Brien in 2022
Personal information
Full name	Kelland O'Brien
Born	(1998-05-22) 22 May 1998 (age 27) Melbourne, Australia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	79 kg (174 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team BikeExchange–Jayco
Discipline	Road Track
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2017	Jayco–John West–VIS
2020	St Kilda Cycling Club
Professional teams
2018–2019	ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast
2022–	Team BikeExchange–Jayco
Major wins
Track Olympic Games Team pursuit (2024)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team pursuit 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit World Championships 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit 2017 Hong Kong Individual pursuit Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit

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.^[3]

O'Brien rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.^[4] In December 2017, he was awarded Australian Institute of Sport Emerging Athlete of the Year.^[5]

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

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 Madison (with Rohan Wight)

3rd Individual pursuit

1st Omnium, National Junior Championships

2016

3rd Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Cameron Scott)

2017

UCI World Championships

1st Team pursuit

3rd Individual pursuit

2018

1st Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games

Oceania Championships

1st Team pursuit

3rd Points race

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

2nd Omnium

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)

2nd Scratch

1st Madison, National Championships (with Sam Welsford)

2021

2nd Madison, National Championships (with Cameron Meyer)

3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games

2023

1st Madison, National Championships (with Graeme Frislie)

2024

1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games