Bryony Botha (born 4 November 1997) is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit during the 2024 summer Olympic Games with Ally Wollaston, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields.
Career Botha was raised in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Rangitoto College.
At the 2015 Juniors Track World Championships Botha was part of the team pursuit that won the event, and broke the world team pursuit record. In 2017 Botha represented New Zealand at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships where she won the team pursuit and scratch race. Later in the year Botha also competed at the Chile Track Cycling World Cup, winning gold in the women's team pursuit.
She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games claiming silver in the team pursuit. Botha also won bronze in the team pursuit at the 2019 Track Cycling World Championships in Poland.
In February 2025 at the UCI Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Botha set a new world record twice in the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit, with a time of 4:31:446 while qualifying and a time of 4:30.72 in the final. However, her record was surpassed twice later that week, as on February 15, 2025, Anna Morris won the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, and set a new world record in that event twice that day, by setting a world record time of 4:28.306 while qualifying and then a new world record time of 4:25.874 in the final.
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 World Championships 2022 Commonwealth Games 1st Individual pursuit 2nd Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Track World Championships 2025 3rd Points race, UCI Track 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.
References
External links
Bryony Botha at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived)