Draft:Daniel Barber (Cyclist)


Daniel Barber
Personal information
Born3 March 2003 (age 22)
Dubbo, New South Wales
Height190 cm (6ft 2 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprint
Major wins
2025 Australian Elite Men's Kieran Champion

2025 Oceania Team Sprint Champion

2024 Oceania Team Sprint Champion

Daniel Barber (born 3 March 2003) is an Australian Track Cyclist[1] who competes in sprinting events. He won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2025 UCI Track Nations Cup, in addition to a fifth pace in the Individual Sprint and sixth place in the Kieran event.[2] [3]He is the 2025 Australian Elite Men's Kieran Champion.[4]

Career

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From New South Wales he rode as a Junior cyclist winning many U15 and U17 titles. He set an Australian Flying 200m record[5] for an U/17 rider of 10.724 seconds at the 2019 Australian Junior Track National Championships[6] In the same year he rode as an U19 cyclist at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships[7] in Invercargill, New Zealand where he won the Oceania U19 Sprint and Kieran Titles[8]

In 2021 he claimed 3 gold medals as an U19 at the National Track Championships with a Championship record Flying 200m time of 10.254 seconds.[9]

In the 2024/2025 season he won the UCI C1 event in Melbourne Australia.[10] 2025 Oceania Track Championships he took gold[11] as part of the Australian Men's Team Sprint Team, placed 2nd in the Individual Sprint, and placed 3rd in the Kieran.[12]

At the 2025 UCI Track Cycling Nation Cup in Kona Türkiye he took Bronze as part of the Australian Men's Team Sprint Team[13], finished 5th in the Individual sprint with a qualifying time of 9.381 seconds and finished 6th in the Kieran event.[14]

At the 2025 Australian Track National Championships he took his first Elite Individual National Title winning gold in the Elite Men's Kieran.[4]

References

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  1. ^ australiancyclingteam.com https://australiancyclingteam.com/news/ara-australian-cycling-team-announcement-uci-track-nations-cup-in-konya-turkiye. Retrieved 2025-06-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ^ "2025 UCI Track Nations Cup". www.uci.org. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
  3. ^ "Will and Barber pedal to bronze at Konya UCI Track Nations Cup | NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS)". www.nswis.com.au. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  4. ^ a b "'I was eyes closed throwing for the line': Danny Barber wins first elite national national title in keirin photo finish | Track Nationals". tracknationals.org.au. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
  5. ^ "Barber makes Australian history with blistering sprint performance". www.dailyliberal.com.au. 2019-02-25. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  6. ^ "2019 Australian Junior Track National Championships Results". results.auscycling.org.au. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  7. ^ Dubbo Cycle Club (2019-10-18). Danny Barber wins Oceania Keirin Title. Retrieved 2025-06-02 – via YouTube.
  8. ^ "2020 Oceania Track Championships | Oceania Cycling Confederation". oceaniacycling.org. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  9. ^ "Cornish flies to secure NSW sprint title as track nationals crown more champions". SBS Sport. 2021-03-27. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  10. ^ results.auscycling.org.au https://results.auscycling.org.au/Track/2024/Austral/Day2/program.html. Retrieved 2025-05-26. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ auscycling.org.au https://auscycling.org.au/news/medal-winners-australia-at-the-2025-oceania-track-cycling-championships. Retrieved 2025-06-02. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. ^ "2025 Oceania Track Championships". results.auscycling.org.au. Retrieved 2025-05-26.
  13. ^ "Paris medallist Matt Richardson has moved on. So have Australia's sprinters". ABC News. 2025-03-28. Retrieved 2025-06-02.
  14. ^ 2025 UCI Track Nations Cup, 2025-03-24, retrieved 2025-05-26