{{Short description|Australian cyclist (born 2002)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Oliver Bleddyn | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=AUS|size=100|OAM}} | image = Oliver Bleddyn poseert in KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport (collectie KOERS. Museum van de Wielersport (Roeselare)).jpg | image_size = | caption = Oliver Bleddyn poses in KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing ([[Roeselare]], [[Belgium]]) | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|01|27|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Plymouth]], UK<ref>{{cite web|title= Oliver Bleddyn|accessdate=5 August 2024|website=Eurosport|url= https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/athletes/profile/bleddyn-oliver-1940264/}}</ref> | height = 1.80 m | weight = 69 kg | currentteam = {{UCI team code|ARA}} | discipline = {{ubl|[[Track cycling|Track]]|Road}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | proyears1 = 2023– | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ARA|2023}} | majorwins = ;''Track'' : '''[[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' ::[[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Team pursuit]] ([[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|2024]]) | show-medals = no | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's [[track cycling]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalGold|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2025 Santiago]]|[[2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} }} '''Oliver Bleddyn''' [[Medal of the Order of Australia|OAM]] (born 27 January 2002) is an Australian road and [[track cycling|track]] cyclist, who currently rides for [[UCI Continental team]] {{UCI team code|ARA}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19705|title=ARA Skip Capital|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|accessdate=13 February 2024}}</ref> He won the gold medal in the [[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|team pursuit]] at the [[2024 Summer Olympics]].
==Early life== He is from [[Western Australia]] and started bike racing at 12 years-old. He attended [[Frederick Irwin Anglican School]] and [[Applecross Senior High School]]. In 2018, he joined the Western Australian Institute of Sport. He won an Oceania U19 title in the team pursuit and won a silver in the individual pursuit. In 2021, he started training at the South Australia Institute for Sport.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://auscycling.org.au/athletes/oliver-bleddyn|website=auscycling|accessdate=5 August 2024|title= Oliver Bleddyn}}</ref><ref name="contract"/>
==Career== He won gold with the team pursuit at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in [[Brisbane]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121461/australia-dominate-oceania-cycling|website=Inside the Games|accessdate=5 August 2024|title= Australia dominate on day three of Oceania Track Cycling Championships |first=Eliott|last=Brennan|date= 4 April 2022}}</ref>
He finished third in the time trial at the [[Oceania Road Cycling Championships]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/oceania-continental-championships-u23-itt/2023/result|website=procyclingstats|accessdate=5 August 2024|title= Oceania Continental Championships MU - ITT 2023}}</ref> He competed for Australia in the [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|team pursuit]] and [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit|individual pursuit]] at the [[2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]] in [[Glasgow]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-track-world-championships-2023/day-3/results/| website=Cycling News|accessdate=5 August 2024|title= Track Worlds Day 3: Denmark, Great Britain claim team pursuit|date=5 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-track-world-championships-2023/day-4/results/|website=Cycling News|accessdate=5 August 2024|title= Track Worlds Day 4: Ganna wins individual pursuit after tight battle with Bigham|first=Lyne|last=Lamoureux|date=August 6, 2023}}</ref>
He competed at the [[2024 Paris Olympics]] in the [[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|team pursuit]], winning the gold medal.<ref name="contract" >{{cite web|url= https://www.perthnow.com.au/community-news/mandurah-times/from-peel-to-paris-childhood-friends-conor-leahy-oliver-bleddyn-to-compete-together-in-olympic-team-pursuit-c-15371355.amp|website=Perth Now|accessdate=5 August 2024|title= From Peel to Paris: Childhood friends Conor Leahy & Oliver Bleddyn to compete together in Olympic team pursuit|date=24 July 2024|first= Kasey |last=Gratton}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/olympic-games-2024/track-cycling-men-s-team-pursuit/preview/|website=Cycling News|accessdate=5 August 2024|title= Paris Olympics: Men's team pursuit preview|first=Laura|last=Weislo|date=August 1, 2024}}</ref>
Bleddyn won a silver medal at the [[2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit| 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships]] in the men's team pursuit in [[Santiago]], Chile.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.olympics.com.au/news/mens-team-pursuit-secure-silver-and-first-track-worlds-podium-in-six-years/ |website=Olympics.com.au|accessdate=24 October 2025|title= Men's Team Pursuit secure silver and first Track Worlds podium in six years |date=24 October 2025}}</ref>
In January 2026, he was runner-up to [[Jay Vine]] at the [[Australian National Time Trial Championships]].<ref> {{cite web|website=Cycling News|date=8 Jan 2026|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/jay-vine-reclaims-elite-mens-time-trial-title-at-the-australian-road-national-championships/|title= Jay Vine reclaims elite men's time trial title at the Australian Road National Championships|first=Simone |last=Giuliani|accessdate=8 Jan 2026}}</ref>
==Major results== ===Track=== {{div col}} ;2018 : Oceanian Junior Championships ::1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Madison ::1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Team pursuit ::2nd [[File:Silver medal Oceania.svg|15px]] Individual pursuit ;2019 : 1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Team pursuit, Oceanian Junior Championships ;2021 : 2nd Scratch, [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] ;2022 : 1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::2nd Individual pursuit ::2nd Madison ::2nd Points race ;2023 : Oceanian Championships ::1st {{cjersey|oceania champion}} Team pursuit ::3rd [[File:Bronze medal Oceania.svg|15px]] Madison : [[Australian National Track Championships|National Championships]] ::1st {{cjersey|australia}} Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit ;2024 : 1st [[File:Gold medal olympic.svg|15px|link= Gold medal]] [[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] : 2nd [[File:Silver medal Oceania.svg|15px]] Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships ;2025 : 2nd [[File:Silver medal uci.svg|15px]] [[2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]], [[2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI World Championships]] {{div col end}}
===Road=== ;2022 : 7th Time trial, [[Oceania Road Cycling Championships|Oceania Under-23 Championships]] ;2023 : 2nd [[Australian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Under-23 Championships : 3rd [[File:Bronze medal Oceania.svg|15px]] Time trial, [[Oceania Road Cycling Championships|Oceania Under-23 Championships]] ;2026 : 2nd [[Australian National Time Trial Championships|Time trial]], National Championships
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