Dylan Kennett
Appearance
![]() Kennett in 2012 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 8 December 1994
Team information | |
Current team | St George Continental Cycling Team |
Disciplines |
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Role | Rider |
Professional team | |
2018– | St George Continental Cycling Team[1] |
Major wins | |
Medal record |
Dylan Kennett (born 8 December 1994) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team St George Continental Cycling Team.[2] Of Māori descent, Kennett affiliates to the Ngāi Tahu iwi.[3]
Kennett rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships,[4] winning gold in the team pursuit.[5] Alongside Pieter Bulling, Aaron Gate, and Regan Gough, he came fourth in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 Rio Olympics, being beaten by Denmark to the bronze medal.[6]
Major results
[edit]- 2013
- 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Shane Archbold)
- 2015
- 1st
Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 2nd
Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
- 2018
- Tour de Poyang Lake
- 1st Stages 2, 6 & 11
- 3rd
Individual pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 6th Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 1st Prologue & Stage 4
- 2019
- 1st
Overall Tour of Taihu Lake
- 2020
- New Zealand Cycle Classic
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
References
[edit]- ^ "St George Continental Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "St George Continental Cycling Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 24 February 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ "43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics". Te Karere. 5 August 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ "Entry List: Men" (PDF). UCI. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
- ^ Final Results
- ^ Geenty, Mark (13 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Odd shaped track stymies New Zealand pursuit team". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
External links
[edit]- Dylan Kennett at ProCyclingStats
- Dylan Kennett at Cycling Archives
Categories:
- 1994 births
- Living people
- New Zealand male cyclists
- Cyclists from Christchurch
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for New Zealand
- Ngāi Tahu people
- New Zealand Māori sportspeople
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- New Zealand track cyclists
- Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games