Laura Kenny

Laura Kenny (formerly Laura Trott) is a track and road cyclist with an impressive medal haul that includes four Olympic golds and holds a record 12 European Championship titles. She has the distinction of being both Great Britain’s most successful female Olympian in any sport and the most successful female track cyclist in Olympic history – and her career is not over yet.

Kenny took up sport on the advice of doctors, after being diagnosed with asthma, and started cycling with her sister and mother as a young girl. She won junior titles at the British National Track Championships in 2009 and 2010, and earned her place at the European Track Championships at the age of 18. In the years that followed, she won her first European and World Championship titles, and made her Olympic debut at London 2012. Here she scored golds in the team pursuit and the omnium, and became one of the Games’ standout stars.

A diverse athlete, Kenny competes in the omnium, scratch race, madison and team pursuit disciplines. She has gone on to win seven World Championships, one Commonwealth Games gold, and to defend both her golds at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, making sporting history.
She is married to fellow British cyclist Jason Kenny, who himself holds six Olympic gold medals, and is the sister of former road cyclist Emma Trott. She has an Honorary Degree from the University of Essex, and was appointed a CBE in 2017 for services to cycling, receiving hers on the same day that her husband received the same honour.