Tayte Ryan
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| Born | 9 February 2006[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tayte Ryan (born 9 February 2006) is an Australian track cyclist. In 2024, he won gold medals in the sprint and 1 km time trial at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and became the world junior record holder in the 1 km time trial, becoming the first junior to break the 60-second barrier.
Career
[edit]From South Australia, he started cycling with Port Adelaide cycling club in 2020.[2] He joined the South Australian Sport Institute when he was 14 years old.[1]
He won gold in the 1 km time trial at the 2023 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and won three gold medals in the Sprint, Keirin, and 1 km time trial at the 2023 Commonwealth Youth Games in Trinbago.[3] In April 2024, he was nominated for Australian Emerging Athlete of the Year.[4] He also won four gold medals at the 2024 Oceania Track Championships.[5]
He won gold medals in the sprint and 1 km time trial at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[6] In doing so, he set a world junior record in the 1 km time trial in Luoyang, China, with a time of 59.875 seconds, making him the first junior to ever go under the 60-second barrier.[3] Later that year, he jumped up to the elite level to compete in the 2024 UCI Track Champions League.[7]
Ryan was awarded a Tier 1 Scholarship within the 2025 Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program, where he was paired with mentor Steven Bradbury.[3] He made his elite debut at the 2025 UCI Track World Championships, finishing fifth in the 1 km time trial.[8] He was selected to represent Australia at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, marking his elite Commonwealth Games debut, winning bronze medals in the individual sprint and 1000m time trial.[9][10][11]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Tayte Ryan". Commonwealthgames.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ "Tayte Ryan". sahof.org. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- 1 2 3 "Tayte Ryan". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ Squires, Josh (9 April 2024). "FIVE ATHLETES NAMED AS FINALISTS FOR EMERGING ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD". Commonwealthgames.com.au. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ "TAYTE RYAN USING OCEANIA CHAMPIONSHIP SUCCESS AS PREPARATION FOR JUNIOR WORLD TITLE DEFENCE". Oceaniacycling.org. 22 June 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ "TWO WORLD RECORDS FALL AS ARA AUSTRALIAN CYCLING TEAM WIN SEVEN MEDALS AT JUNIOR TRACK WORLDS". Australiancyclingteam. 26 August 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ Pareja, Marcos Menocal (8 November 2024). "The 36 Sprint Cyclists confirmed for 2024 UCI Champions League". Inside the Games. Retrieved 1 February 2025.
- ↑ "Meet the Australian track cycling team for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games". Australian Cycling Team. 28 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "PREVIEW: Australia's track stars ready to light up the velodrome". Commonwealth Games Australia. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
- ↑ "Australia's cyclists complete mammoth medal haul at end of Commonwealth Games". The Guardian. 2 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN CYCLISTS FINISH COMMONWEALTH GAMES WITH RECORD MEDAL HAUL". Australiancyclingteam. 3 August 2026. Retrieved 3 August 2026.
