Bryony Botha
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Born | Takapuna, New Zealand | 4 November 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 69 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rider type | Endurance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bryony Botha (born 4 November 1997) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's team pursuit. [1]
Life[]
Botha was raised in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Rangitoto College.[2]
In 2015, Botha was part of the team pursuit that won the event, and broke the world team pursuit record, at the Junior Track World Championship.[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]
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
Awards[]
In 2015 Botha won Auckland's Youth Sportswoman of the Year award and North Harbour Junior Sports Woman of the Year award.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Cycling Track BOTHA Bryony - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". olympics.com. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bryony Botha – Auckland's Youth Sportswoman of the Year 2015". College Sport Media. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ Zealand, Cycling New. "NZ World Champions on fire while Australia Team Pursuit impress". www.cyclingnewzealand.nz. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Three Oceania titles in two days for Kiwi cyclist Kirstie James". Stuff. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ^ "Gold medal joy for two of the NZ combinations at track cycling world cup". Stuff. 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Sport". ZB.
- ^ "Bryony Botha | New Zealand Olympic Team". New Zealand Olympic Team. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
- ^ "Cycling: Thomas Sexton's bronze medal breaks NZ drought at world championships" – via www.newshub.co.nz.
External links[]
- Bryony Botha at Cycling Archives
- Bryony Botha at ProCyclingStats
- 1997 births
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- New Zealand female cyclists
- People educated at Rangitoto College
- Cyclists from Auckland
- New Zealand track cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics