# Oliver Bleddyn

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Australian cyclist (born 2002)

Oliver Bleddyn OAM Oliver Bleddyn poses in KOERS. Museum of Cycle Racing (Roeselare, Belgium) Personal information Born (2002-01-27) 27 January 2002 (age 24) Plymouth, UK[1] Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Weight 69 kg (152 lb) Team information Current team ARA Skip Capital Discipline Track Road Role Rider Professional team 2023– ARA Skip Capital Major wins Track Olympic Games Team pursuit (2024) Medal record Men's track cycling Representing Australia Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team pursuit World Championships 2025 Santiago Team pursuit

**Oliver Bleddyn** [OAM](/source/Medal_of_the_Order_of_Australia) (born 27 January 2002) is an Australian road and [track](/source/Track_cycling) cyclist, who currently rides for [UCI Continental team](/source/UCI_Continental_team) [ARA Skip Capital](/source/ARA_Skip_Capital).[2] He won the gold medal in the [team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) at the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics).

## Early life

He is from [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) and started bike racing at 12 years-old. He attended [Frederick Irwin Anglican School](/source/Frederick_Irwin_Anglican_School) and [Applecross Senior High School](/source/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.[3][4]

## Career

He won gold with the team pursuit at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in [Brisbane](/source/Brisbane) in 2022.[5]

He finished third in the time trial at the [Oceania Road Cycling Championships](/source/Oceania_Road_Cycling_Championships) in 2023.[6] He competed for Australia in the [team pursuit](/source/2023_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) and [individual pursuit](/source/2023_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_individual_pursuit) at the [2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships](/source/2023_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships) in [Glasgow](/source/Glasgow).[7][8]

He competed at the [2024 Paris Olympics](/source/2024_Paris_Olympics) in the [team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), winning the gold medal.[4][9]

Bleddyn won a silver medal at the [2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships](/source/2025_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit) in the men's team pursuit in [Santiago](/source/Santiago), Chile.[10]

In January 2026, he was runner-up to [Jay Vine](/source/Jay_Vine) at the [Australian National Time Trial Championships](/source/Australian_National_Time_Trial_Championships).[11]

## Major results

### Track

**2018**
- Oceanian Junior Championships - 1st Madison - 1st Team pursuit - 2nd Individual pursuit

**2019**
- 1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Junior Championships

**2021**
- 2nd Scratch, [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships)

**2022**
- 1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships

- [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 2nd Individual pursuit - 2nd Madison - 2nd Points race

**2023**
- Oceanian Championships - 1st Team pursuit - 3rd Madison

- [National Championships](/source/Australian_National_Track_Championships) - 1st Team pursuit - 2nd Individual pursuit

**2024**
- 1st [Team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [Olympic Games](/source/Cycling_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics)

- 2nd Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships

**2025**
- 2nd [Team pursuit](/source/2025_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), [UCI World Championships](/source/2025_UCI_Track_Cycling_World_Championships)

### Road

**2022**
- 7th Time trial, [Oceania Under-23 Championships](/source/Oceania_Road_Cycling_Championships)

**2023**
- 2nd [Time trial](/source/Australian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Under-23 Championships

- 3rd Time trial, [Oceania Under-23 Championships](/source/Oceania_Road_Cycling_Championships)

**2026**
- 2nd [Time trial](/source/Australian_National_Time_Trial_Championships), National Championships

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Oliver Bleddyn"](https://www.eurosport.com/olympics/athletes/profile/bleddyn-oliver-1940264/). *Eurosport*. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["ARA Skip Capital"](https://www.uci.org/team-details/19705). *UCI.org*. [Union Cycliste Internationale](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale). Retrieved 13 February 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Oliver Bleddyn"](https://auscycling.org.au/athletes/oliver-bleddyn). *auscycling*. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-contract_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-contract_4-1) Gratton, Kasey (24 July 2024). ["From Peel to Paris: Childhood friends Conor Leahy & Oliver Bleddyn to compete together in Olympic team pursuit"](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). *Perth Now*. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Brennan, Eliott (4 April 2022). ["Australia dominate on day three of Oceania Track Cycling Championships"](https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1121461/australia-dominate-oceania-cycling). *Inside the Games*. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Oceania Continental Championships MU - ITT 2023"](https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/oceania-continental-championships-u23-itt/2023/result). *procyclingstats*. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Track Worlds Day 3: Denmark, Great Britain claim team pursuit"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-track-world-championships-2023/day-3/results/). *Cycling News*. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Lamoureux, Lyne (August 6, 2023). ["Track Worlds Day 4: Ganna wins individual pursuit after tight battle with Bigham"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/uci-track-world-championships-2023/day-4/results/). *Cycling News*. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Weislo, Laura (August 1, 2024). ["Paris Olympics: Men's team pursuit preview"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/olympic-games-2024/track-cycling-men-s-team-pursuit/preview/). *Cycling News*. Retrieved 5 August 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Men's Team Pursuit secure silver and first Track Worlds podium in six years"](https://www.olympics.com.au/news/mens-team-pursuit-secure-silver-and-first-track-worlds-podium-in-six-years/). *Olympics.com.au*. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Giuliani, Simone (8 Jan 2026). ["Jay Vine reclaims elite men's time trial title at the Australian Road National Championships"](https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/jay-vine-reclaims-elite-mens-time-trial-title-at-the-australian-road-national-championships/). *Cycling News*. Retrieved 8 Jan 2026.

## External links

- [Oliver Bleddyn](https://www.uci.org/rider-details/850005) at [UCI](/source/Union_Cycliste_Internationale)

- [Oliver Bleddyn](https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/278401) at ProCyclingStats

- [Oliver Bleddyn](https://www.olympics.com/en/athletes/oliver-bleddyn) at [Olympics.com](/source/International_Olympic_Committee)

- [Oliver Bleddyn](https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/oliver-bleddyn/) at the [Australian Olympic Committee](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee)

- [Oliver Bleddyn](https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/151392) at [Olympedia](/source/Olympedia)

- [Oliver Bleddyn](https://intersportstats.com/athletes/3000555615) at InterSportStats

v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit 1908: Jones, Kingsbury, Meredith, Payne (GBR) 1920: Carli, Ferrario, Giorgetti, Magnani (ITA) 1924: De Martini, Dinale, Menegazzi, Zucchetti (ITA) 1928: Facciani, Gaioni, Lusiani, Tasselli (ITA) 1932: Cimatti, Pedretti, Ghilardi, Borsari (ITA) 1936: Charpentier, Goujon, Lapébie, Le Nizerhy (FRA) 1948: Adam, Blusson, Coste, Decanali (FRA) 1952: Campana, De Rossi, Messina, Morettini (ITA) 1956: Domenicali, Faggin, Gandini, Gasparella, Pizzali (ITA) 1960: Arienti, Testa, Vallotto, Vigna (ITA) 1964: Claesges, Henrichs, Link, Streng (EUA) 1968: Frey, Asmussen, Lyngemark, Olsen (DEN) 1972: Schumacher, Colombo, Haritz, Hempel (FRG) 1976: Vonhof, Braun, Lutz, Schumacher (FRG) 1980: Manakov, Movchan, Osokin, Petrakov, Krasnov (URS) 1984: Grenda, Nichols, Turtur, Woods (AUS) 1988: Ekimov, Kasputis, Nelyubin, Umaras (URS) 1992: Steinweg, Walzer, Fulst, Glöckner, Lehmann (GER) 1996: Capelle, Ermenault, Monin, Moreau (FRA) 2000: Fulst, Bartko, Becke, Lehmann, Pollack (GER) 2004: Brown, Lancaster, McGee, Roberts (AUS) 2008: Clancy, Manning, Thomas, Wiggins (GBR) 2012: Clancy, Thomas, Burke, Kennaugh (GBR) 2016: Clancy, Burke, Doull, Wiggins (GBR) 2020: Consonni, Ganna, Lamon, Milan (ITA) 2024: Bleddyn, Welsford, Leahy, O'Brien (AUS)

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