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Josie Knight

Josie Knight is a British professional racing cyclist who has at various stages represented Ireland, Great Britain, and England. Born in Buckinghamshire, England, her family moved to Dingle, Co. Kerry, in Ireland during her early infancy. Knight competed for Ireland prior to 2018, winning silver at the European Junior Championships in the team pursuit.

Early life
Knight was born in 1997 near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire but moved to Ireland shortly afterwards. She spent her childhood in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland. She attended Scoil an Ghleanna Primary School and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Secondary School in Dingle. She rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. ==Becoming British==
Becoming British
Knight switched from Ireland to Great Britain in 2018. She did so as she felt that she could better progress her cycling career in the UK. At that time, Ireland had no prospects of entering a team for Olympics 2020 and they did not possess an indoor Velodrome to train on. Knight became British champion when winning the individual pursuit at the 2020 British National Track Championships. Knight was chosen to be part of the Team GB's 26-strong cycling squad for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics where she was joined by Katie Archibald, Elinor Barker, Laura Kenny and Neah Evans for the endurance races. The team won the silver medal in the women's team pursuit event. She was part of the Great Britain squad which won gold in the team pursuit at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark. Knight was part of the British team pursuit line-up that won bronze at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. She then finished in second position in the individual pursuit, where she was beaten in the final by her international teammate Anna Morris. At the 2026 European Championships in Konya, Knight was part of the British team pursuit quartet who set a new world record en route to the gold medal. The team consisting of Knight, Archibald, Morris, and Millie Couzens also set a new world record of 4:02.808 in the final against Germany. She then set a second world record in the championships during the individual pursuit. Her time of 4:19.461 made her the first woman to complete the event in under 4:20 and broke the previous record of 4:23.624 set by Italian cyclist Vittoria Bussi. She went on to defeat Dutch rider Mischa Bredewold in the gold-medal race. ==Major results==
Major results
Road ;2019 : 2nd Overall Rás na mBan ::1st Points classification ::1st Young rider classification ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 Track ;2016 : 2nd Omnium, Dublin International ;2019 : 2nd Team pursuit, European Games ;2020 : 1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships ;2021 : 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games : 3rd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships ;2022 : UCI World Championships ::2nd Team pursuit ::3rd Individual pursuit : 3rd Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games ;2023 : 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships : UEC European Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit ;2024 : 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships : UEC European Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::2nd Team pursuit ;2025 : UCI World Championships ::2nd Individual pursuit ::3rd Team pursuit ;2026 : UEC European Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::1st Team pursuit : National Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::2nd Points race ==References==
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