Oliver Bleddyn OAM (born 27 January 2002) is an Australian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He won the gold medal in the team pursuit at the 2024 Summer Olympics and the individual pursuit at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Early life He is from Western Australia and started bike racing at 12 years-old. He attended Frederick Irwin Anglican School and Applecross Senior High School. In 2018, he joined the Western Australian Institute of Sport. He won an Oceania U19 title in the team pursuit and won a silver in the individual pursuit. In 2021, he started training at the South Australia Institute for Sport.
Career He won gold with the team pursuit at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships in Brisbane in 2022. He finished third in the time trial at the Oceania Road Cycling Championships in 2023. He competed for Australia in the team pursuit and individual pursuit at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
Bleddyn competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the team pursuit, winning the gold medal.
Bleddyn won a silver medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's team pursuit in Santiago, Chile.
In January 2026, he was runner-up to Jay Vine at the Australian National Time Trial Championships. Competing at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Bleddyn set a Games-record time of 4:03.898 to win the gold medal in the 4000 metres individual pursuit. He also won the silver medal as part of the Australian side in the team pursuit.
Major results Track
2018 Oceanian Junior Championships 1st Madison 1st Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit 2019 1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Junior Championships 2021 2nd Scratch, National Championships 2022 1st Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships National Championships 2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Madison 2nd Points race 2023 Oceanian Championships 1st Team pursuit 3rd Madison National Championships 1st Team pursuit 2nd Individual pursuit 2024 1st Team pursuit, Olympic Games 2nd Team pursuit, Oceanian Championships 2025 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
Road 2022 7th Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships 2023 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Championships 3rd Time trial, Oceania Under-23 Championships 2026 2nd Time trial, National Championships
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