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Full name | Freddy Ovett | ||||||||||||||
Born | Dumfries, Scotland | 16 January 1994||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
2014 | Carnegie Caulfield CC | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Chambéry CF | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA Amateur | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2016 | SEG Racing Academy | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast | ||||||||||||||
2018 | BMC Racing Team (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Israel Cycling Academy (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Israel Cycling Academy [2] | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | L39ION of Los Angeles [3] [4] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Freddy Ovett (born 16 January 1994) is a British-born Australian professional off-road cyclist. He has previously been a stagiaire with UCI WorldTeam BMC Racing Team in 2018, and UCI Professional Continental team Israel Cycling Academy in 2019. [5]
Ovett was born in Dumfries, Scotland. His father, Steve Ovett, competed for Great Britain in middle-distance running during the 1970s and the 1980s; he won gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 800 metres, [6] and the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the 5000 metres. [7] Ovett himself also competed as a runner before cycling and still occasionally does, having completed the 2021 Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:48:55 and the Sant Silvestre de Girona 5k in 14:41. [8] [9]
His uncle, Nick Ovett, competed for Great Britain in the luge at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.
Steve Redgrave won three rowing golds, Steve Ovett breezed his way to 5000m victory, Lennox Lewis was crowned heavyweight champion in the boxing ring and the bristly Daley Thompson performed Herculean feats in the decathlon.
![]() Ovett at the
2018 Deutschland Tour | |||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Freddy Ovett | ||||||||||||||
Born | Dumfries, Scotland | 16 January 1994||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||
Discipline |
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
2014 | Carnegie Caulfield CC | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Chambéry CF | ||||||||||||||
2017 | Caja Rural–Seguros RGA Amateur | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
2016 | SEG Racing Academy | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast | ||||||||||||||
2018 | BMC Racing Team (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
2019 | Israel Cycling Academy (stagiaire) | ||||||||||||||
2020 | Israel Cycling Academy [2] | ||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | L39ION of Los Angeles [3] [4] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Freddy Ovett (born 16 January 1994) is a British-born Australian professional off-road cyclist. He has previously been a stagiaire with UCI WorldTeam BMC Racing Team in 2018, and UCI Professional Continental team Israel Cycling Academy in 2019. [5]
Ovett was born in Dumfries, Scotland. His father, Steve Ovett, competed for Great Britain in middle-distance running during the 1970s and the 1980s; he won gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympics in the 800 metres, [6] and the 1986 Commonwealth Games in the 5000 metres. [7] Ovett himself also competed as a runner before cycling and still occasionally does, having completed the 2021 Los Angeles Marathon in a time of 2:48:55 and the Sant Silvestre de Girona 5k in 14:41. [8] [9]
His uncle, Nick Ovett, competed for Great Britain in the luge at the 1988 and 1992 Winter Olympics.
Steve Redgrave won three rowing golds, Steve Ovett breezed his way to 5000m victory, Lennox Lewis was crowned heavyweight champion in the boxing ring and the bristly Daley Thompson performed Herculean feats in the decathlon.