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Anna Morris
Morris in 2024
Personal information
Born (1995-06-13) 13 June 1995 (age 31)
Cardiff, Wales
Cycling career
SportCycling
DisciplineTrack
Major wins
Track
World Championships
Madison (2026)
Omnium (2026)
Individual pursuit (2024, 2025)
Team pursuit (2023, 2024, 2026)
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisTeam pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GlasgowTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2024 BallerupIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2024 BallerupTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2025 SantiagoIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2026 ShanghaiOmnium
Gold medal – first place2026 ShanghaiTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2026 ShanghaiMadison
Silver medal – second place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2025 SantiagoPoints race
Bronze medal – third place2025 SantiagoTeam pursuit
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 GrenchenTeam pursuit
Gold medal – first place2025 Heusden-ZolderIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2026 KonyaOmnium
Gold medal – first place2026 KonyaTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2024 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
Silver medal – second place2026 KonyaMadison
Bronze medal – third place2024 ApeldoornIndividual pursuit
Bronze medal – third place2025 Heusden-ZolderTeam pursuit
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2026 GlasgowIndividual pursuit
Gold medal – first place2026 GlasgowPoints race
Bronze medal – third place2026 GlasgowTeam pursuit

Anna Morris (born 13 June 1995) is a Welsh track cyclist. She is a seven-time world champion across the madison, omnium, team pursuit and individual pursuit disciplines. At the 2026 Commonwealth Games, she won gold medals in the individual pursuit and the points race.

Career

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Morris was a latecomer to cycling, only taking up the sport while studying medicine at the University of Southampton.[1] She had a breakout year in 2022, earning three medals at the British National Track Championships before going on to represent Wales at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.[2] Morris earned her first global medal when part of the team pursuit squad that took silver at the UCI Track World Championships in October 2022.[3]

She won two golds at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark, taking both the individual pursuit (defeating Chloe Dygert in the final),[4][5] and the team pursuit titles.[6][7]

On February 15, 2025, Morris won the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, and set a new world record in that event twice that day, by setting a world record time of 4:28.306 in the qualifying ride and then a new world record time of 4:25.874 in the final.[8][9] On February 22, 2025, Morris once again beat her 4000 metre individual pursuit world record, with a new time of 4:24.060, at the national championships.[10]

In October, Morris was part of the team pursuit line-up that won bronze at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[11] She then retained her world title in the individual pursuit.[12] She concluded her championships with a silver medal in the points race.[13]

At the 2026 European Championships in Konya, Morris was a member of the British quartet who won the gold medal in the final of the team pursuit. The team consisting of Morris, Katie Archibald, Josie Knight and Millie Couzens also set a new world record of 4:02.808 in the final against Germany.[14] She secured a further gold medal in the omnium,[15] and then concluded her championships with a silver medal in the madison with Archibald.[16] In June 2026, she finished second at the British National Time Trial Championships.[17]

At the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Morris, along with Jessica Roberts, Megan Barker and Ciara Oliva, won the bronze medal for Wales after defeating England in the team pursuit.[18] One day later, she won a gold medal in the individual pursuit, after overcoming England's Knight in the gold medal race. In the scratch race, she crossed the finish line in second place, but was later relegated following a rules infraction on track, and she missed out on a medal.[19] She then won her second gold medal of the Games with victory in the 25 km points race.[20]

At the 2026 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Shanghai, Morris, Knight, Couzens and Erin Boothman became world champions in the team pursuit after overcoming Italy in the final.[21] One day later, she became world champion in the omnium. During the event, she finished third in the scratch and elimination races, and first in the tempo race, before sealing the world title by holding off Japan's Tsuyaka Uchino in the points race to win gold.[22] She then secured her third world title of the competition, after partnering Boothman to victory in the madison. The duo finished seven points ahead of the French pairing.[23] She became the first woman to win these three events at a single World Championships since the madison was first included in the racing programme in 2017.[24]

Major results

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Road

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2023
2nd Time trial, National Championships
2025
4th Time trial, National Championships
2026
National Championships
2nd Time trial
5th Road race

Track

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2022
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
National Championships
2nd Scratch
2nd Individual pursuit
3rd Points race
2023
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
1st Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
2024
UCI World Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Team pursuit
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Championships
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games[25]
2025
UCI World Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
3rd Team pursuit
UEC European Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
3rd Team pursuit
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Scratch
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Erin Boothman)
2026
UCI World Championships
1st Madison (with Erin Boothman)
1st Omnium
1st Team pursuit
UEC European Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Omnium
2nd Madison (with Katie Archibald)
National Championships
1st Points race
1st Scratch
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Elimination
Commonwealth Games
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
3rd Team pursuit

References

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  1. ↑ "Anna Morris". Team Wales. Archived from the original on 10 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  2. ↑ "Cycling Road - Women's Individual Time Trial" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 September 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Women's Team Pursuit - Final Classification". uci.org. Tissot Timing. Archived from the original on 13 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "GB's Morris wins world individual pursuit title". BBC Sport. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Track World Championships 2024: Britain's Anna Morris stuns Chloe Dygert to win individual pursuit gold". TNT Sports. Archived from the original on 21 October 2024. Retrieved 19 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "GB win women's team pursuit gold at World Championships". BBC Sport. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "'We came out swinging' - Great Britain make sensational catch to win team pursuit gold at World Championships". Cycling Weekly. 17 October 2024. Archived from the original on 14 November 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  8. ↑ "'I just tried to dig really deep' - Great Britain's Anna Morris sets new 4000 metre individual pursuit world record | Cyclingnews". 16 February 2025. Archived from the original on 16 February 2025.
  9. ↑ Davidson, Tom (16 February 2025). "Anna Morris breaks world record twice to claim individual pursuit European title". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 16 February 2025. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  10. ↑ "Great Britain's Anna Morris sets another world record in women's 4km Individual Pursuit". cyclingnews.com. 22 February 2025. Archived from the original on 22 February 2025. Retrieved 23 February 2025.
  11. ↑ Collins, Ben (24 October 2025). "Archibald wins silver as GB take team pursuit bronze". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 26 November 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  12. ↑ "Anna Morris pips team-mate Josie Knight to retain individual pursuit world title". The Independent. Press Association. 26 October 2025. Archived from the original on 26 October 2025. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  13. ↑ Jackson, Bobbie (30 October 2025). "Finucane wins keirin silver after sprint disappointment". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 31 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  14. ↑ Davidson, Tom (2 February 2026). "Men's and women's team pursuit world records broken in remarkable day at European Track Championships". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  15. ↑ Coates, Charlotte (3 February 2026). "Finucane and Morris win European golds in Turkey". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 4 February 2026. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "GB's Richardson wins keirin for second European title". BBC Sport. 5 February 2026. Archived from the original on 6 February 2026. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  17. ↑ "Backstedt retains British time trial title". BBC Sport. 25 June 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
  18. ↑ "Wales women's team pursuit claim bronze". BBC Sport. 30 July 2026. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  19. ↑ "Morris succeeds in gold pursuit but misses out on scratch medal". BBC Sport. 31 July 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Gold and silver for Wales pair in points race". BBC Sport. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 1 August 2026.
  21. ↑ Clifford, Flo (15 October 2026). "Great Britain kickstart gold rush with two titles at Track Cycling World Championships". The Independent. Retrieved 15 October 2026.
  22. ↑ Davison, Tom (16 October 2026). "'It feels a bit surreal' – Anna Morris and Mark Stewart win world titles in golden day for Great Britain at Track World Championships". Cycling Weekly. Archived from the original on 17 October 2026. Retrieved 17 October 2026.
  23. ↑ Fletcher, Patrick (17 October 2026). "Track World Championships: Yet more gold medals for Great Britain on Day 4 as Iúri Leitão takes emotional Omnium victory". Cycling News. Archived from the original on 17 October 2026. Retrieved 17 October 2026.
  24. ↑ Brown, Tom (21 October 2026). "Medical career still paused for GB's marvellous Morris". BBC Sport. Retrieved 30 October 2026.
  25. ↑ "MORRIS Anna". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024.
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