Bryony Botha

EVENT: Cycling – Women's Track/Road: 3000m Indiv Pursuit, Team Pursuit, 25km Points Race, 10km Scratch, Race Race

Aucklander Bryony Botha joined the Cycling NZ High Performance programme in 2018 after excelling as a junior, winning junior world championship medals including the gold in the team pursuit in 2015.

She was part of the female pursuit team that won silver at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and bronze at the World Championship in 2019.

Since the Tokyo Olympics, Botha has blossomed as an individual rider, breaking the New Zealand record three times in the individual pursuit. Bryony also claimed the Individual Pursuit Gold medal and Team Pursuit Silver medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022.