Katy Marchant

Katy Marchant, (born 30 January 1993) is an elite British track cyclist who specialises in the sprint disciplines.

She was educated at Brigshaw High School.

Marchant began her Sporting Life as a heptathlete, and represented Great Britain in that event at the 2012 World Junior Championships.

The switchover was instigated by her former coach, Toni Minichiello (best known for coaching Jessica Ennis), who suggested the move to cycling having seen the results of her power output on a Wattbike test.

Marchant had cycled for leisure on a mountain bike and on the road, but had no experience of track cycling.

After a 6-week trial period, she permanently switched to track cycling.

Originally from Leeds, Marchant was based in Manchester after her switch to cycling in April 2013.

She became a member of British Cycling's Olympic Academy in April 2013, and graduated to the Olympic Development Programme in November 2013.

In 2015, she won four national titles at the 2015 British National Track Championships, they were the 500m time trial, Sprint, Keirin and the Team Sprint.

At the 2018 British National Track Championships she won her second time trial and sprint titles to take her tally to six in total.

Later that year she won a bronze medal in the Team sprint at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast.

Marchant was chosen to be part of the UK's 26-strong cycling squad for the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was the sprint specialist.

She went on to win an Olympic Games bronze medal in the individual sprint.

Marchant won her seventh national title at the 2023 British Cycling National Track Championships, she won the Team Sprint for the second time.