Kelland O'Brien

Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam. O'Brien qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Leigh Howard, Sam Welsford and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. O'Brien also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.

Biography
O'Brien grew up in Kew, Victoria, Australia. He started in BMX but then switched to mountain bike. O'Brien also did quite a bit of road cycling before concentrating on the track. He represented Australia at the 2015 Junior World Championships and his performances allowed him to get a Madison gold and Team Pursuit bronze. O'Brien rode in the men's team pursuit event at the 2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In December 2017, he was awarded Australian Institute of Sport Emerging Athlete of the Year.

Road

 * 2019
 * 4th Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
 * 10th Halle–Ingooigem


 * 2020
 * 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships


 * 2021
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road Race
 * 3rd Time trial


 * 2022
 * 7th Dwars door Vlaanderen


 * 2023
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Criterium, National Road Championships
 * 9th Rund um Köln


 * 2024
 * National Road Championships
 * 3rd Road race
 * 4th Time trial
 * 8th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne

Track

 * 2015
 * UCI World Junior Championships
 * 1st Rainbow Jersey Track.svg Madison (with Rohan Wight)
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Individual pursuit
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Omnium, National Junior Championships


 * 2016
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Madison, UCI World Junior Championships (with Cameron Scott)


 * 2017
 * UCI World Championships
 * 1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Individual pursuit


 * 2018
 * 1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit, Commonwealth Games
 * Oceania Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team pursuit
 * 3rd Bronze medal Oceania.svg Points race
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Points race
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
 * 3rd Individual pursuit
 * UCI World Cup
 * 1st Team pursuit, Burlin
 * 3rd Madison, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (with Leigh Howard)
 * 2nd Six Days of London (with Leigh Howard)


 * 2019
 * Oceania Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Points race
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Omnium
 * National Championships
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Madison (with Leigh Howard)
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Scratch
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit
 * 2nd Points race
 * UCI World Cup
 * 1st Team pursuit, Brisbane
 * 2nd Madison, Hong Kong (with Sam Welsford)


 * 2020
 * Oceania Championships
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Madison (with Sam Welsford)
 * 2nd Silver medal Oceania.svg Scratch
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Madison, National Championships (with Sam Welsford)


 * 2021
 * 2nd Madison, National Championships (with Cameron Meyer)
 * 3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games


 * 2023
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Madison, National Championships (with Graeme Frislie)