Leigh Howard

Leigh Howard

Howard in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Leigh Howard
Born	(1989-10-18) 18 October 1989 (age 35) Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Disciplines	Road Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur teams
0	Geelong CC
2009	Australian Institute of Sport
2009	Team Toshiba
Professional teams
2010–2011	Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2015	GreenEDGE[1]
2016	IAM Cycling
2017	Aqua Blue Sport
2018–2019	ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast
Major wins
Track Madison, World Championships (2010, 2011) Omnium, World Championships (2009) Team pursuit, World Championships (2019)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Australia Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit World Championships 2009 Pruszków Omnium 2010 Ballerup Madison 2011 Apeldoorn Madison 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit 2008 Manchester Omnium 2010 Ballerup Omnium 2009 Pruszków Madison 2009 Pruszków Team pursuit 2012 Melbourne Madison Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit

Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Sam Weisford and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Howard also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.^[2]