Josie Knight
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Josie Knight (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional racing cyclist who has represented Great Britain and England since 2018. Although born in Buckinghamshire in England, her family moved to Dingle in Ireland in her infancy, gaining Knight Irish citizenship, and she competed for Ireland prior to 2018, winning silver with the Irish team in the European Junior Championships in team pursuit in Anadia, Portugal.[1]
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Born | (1997-03-29) 29 March 1997 (age 27) Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Following her transfer of allegiance, Knight was part of the Great Britain team that won the silver medal in team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She is a World and double European champion in team pursuit, and in 2024 became European champion in individual pursuit, her first international title. She has won further silver and bronze medals for Great Britain in the World and European Championships, and at the European Games.
Representing England, Knight won bronze in team pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.