Laura Kenny

{{short description|English cyclist (born 1992)}}

{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| honorific_prefix = Dame

| name = Laura Kenny

| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|DBE|size=100%}}

| image = Laura Trott ECh 2015.JPG

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| caption = Kenny at the 2015 UEC European Track Championships

| fullname = Laura Rebecca Kenny

| birth_name = Laura Rebecca Trott

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|4|24}}

| birth_place = Harlow, Essex, England{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19137832|title=Laura Trott golden postbox painted in Harlow by mistake|date=5 August 2012|work=BBC News|access-date=16 August 2016|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128182740/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19137832|url-status=live}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.63 m{{cite web|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/trott-laura-1093811/|title=Athlete: Laura Kenny|work=london2012.com|access-date=5 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120827114503/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/trott-laura-1093811/|archive-date=27 August 2012}}

| weight = 52 kg

| currentteam =

| disciplines = {{ubl|Track|Road}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype = {{ubl|Sprinter (road)|Endurance (track)}}

| majorwins =

| proyears1 = 2012

| proteam1 = Team Ibis Cycles

| proyears2 = 2013–2014

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|WHT|2013}}

| proyears3 = 2015–2018

| proteam3 = Matrix Fitness Pro Cycling

| proyears4 = 2022

| proteam4 = Team Breeze

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCount

|Olympic Games|5|1|0

|World Championships|7|7|1

|European Championships|14|3|1

|Commonwealth Games|2|0|1

|European U23 Championships|6|0|0

|Total|34|11|3

}}

{{MedalSport|Women's track cycling}}

{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2012 London|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2012 London|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Tokyo|Madison}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Melbourne|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2012 Melbourne|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Minsk|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Cali|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2016 London|Scratch}}

{{MedalGold|2016 London|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Minsk|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Cali|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2015 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Pruszków|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Berlin|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 London|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Pruszków|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Apeldoorn|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Apeldoorn|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Guadeloupe|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Guadeloupe|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Grenchen|Scratch race}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Grenchen|Omnium}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Grenchen|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Glasgow|Elimination race}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Glasgow|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Apeldoorn|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2020 Plovdiv|Team pursuit}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Apeldoorn|Omnium}}

{{MedalSilver|2019 Apeldoorn|Madison}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Plovdiv|Omnium}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Plovdiv|Madison}}

{{MedalCompetition|Junior World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Montichiari|Omnium}}

{{MedalCompetition|U23 & Junior European Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Anadia|U23 Scratch race}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Anadia|{{nowrap|U23 Individual pursuit}}}}

{{MedalGold|2011 Anadia|U23 Team pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Anadia|U23 Individual pursuit}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Anadia|U23 Points race}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Anadia|U23 Omnium}}

{{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Glasgow|Points race}}

{{MedalGold|2022 Birmingham|Scratch race}}

{{MedalBronze|2022 Birmingham|Team pursuit}}

}}

Dame Laura Rebecca Kenny, Lady Kenny,{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Laura_Kenny |title=Laura Kenny |website=British Cycling |access-date=26 September 2016 |archive-date=13 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713015507/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Laura_Kenny |url-status=live }} ({{nee}} Trott; born 24 April 1992) is a former British professional track and road cyclist who specialised in track endurance events, specifically the team pursuit, omnium, scratch race, elimination race and madison disciplines.{{cite news |date=18 March 2024 |title=Olympic great Kenny announces retirement |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/68579889 |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=BBC Sport |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318062056/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/68579889 |url-status=live }}

With six Olympic medals, having won both the team pursuit and the omnium at both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and madison at the rescheduled 2020 Olympics, along with a silver medal from the team pursuit at the 2020 Olympics, she is both the most successful female cyclist, and the most successful British female athlete, in Olympic history.

After first appearing at the European Track Championships in 2010,{{cite web|last1=Webber|first1=Luke|title=2011 European Track Championships preview|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/track/article/tra20111011-track-2011-European-Track-Championships-preview-0|publisher=British Cycling|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825055742/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/track/article/tra20111011-track-2011-European-Track-Championships-preview-0|url-status=live}} she won five Olympic, seven World Championship, 14 European Championship and two Commonwealth Games titles, for a total of 28 Senior gold medals. On the road, Kenny won the British National Road Race Championships in 2014, taking the under-23 title in the same race, but did not road compete again following the Paris event in 2015.{{cite web |title=Laura Kenny – Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Laura_Kenny |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=British Cycling |archive-date=22 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222040522/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Laura_Kenny |url-status=live }}

Early life

Kenny was born a month prematurely in Harlow in Essex with a collapsed lung and was later diagnosed with asthma. She was advised by doctors to take up sport in order to regulate her breathing. She enjoyed and competed in trampolining but had to give up due to respiratory problems.{{cite web|url=http://www.lauratrott.co.uk/about-me|title=Laura Trott = About Me|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120917151830/http://www.lauratrott.co.uk/about-me|archive-date=17 September 2012}}{{cite news|last=Marsden|first=Sam|title=Laura Trott battled back from collapsed lung to Olympic gold|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9459991/Laura-Trott-battled-back-from-collapsed-lung-to-Olympic-gold.html|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=7 August 2012|location=London|access-date=3 April 2018|archive-date=15 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215175055/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/9459991/Laura-Trott-battled-back-from-collapsed-lung-to-Olympic-gold.html|url-status=live}} She grew up in Cheshunt in Hertfordshire, where she attended Turnford School.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/feb/06/laura-trott-sick-london-2012|title=Laura Trott sick to the stomach in pursuit of London 2012 glory|first=Donald|last=McRae|date=6 February 2012|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 December 2016|archive-date=7 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307193136/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/feb/06/laura-trott-sick-london-2012|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Gold |first=Alasdair |title=18:17 Saturday 04 August 2012 Written by Alasdair Gold Trott is an Olympic champion |url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Sport/Olympics/Laura-Trott-is-an-Olympic-champion-04082012.htm |work=Hertfordshire Mercury |date=4 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514120518/http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/Sport/Olympics/Laura-Trott-is-an-Olympic-champion-04082012.htm |archive-date=14 May 2014 }} Her older sister Emma Trott is a former road racing cyclist.{{cite web |url=http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/trott_sisters_look_back_on_commonwealth_games_experience_1_687416 |title=Trott sisters look back on Commonwealth Games experience |first=Mark |last=Hemmings |date=21 October 2010 |publisher=Welwyn Hatfield Times |access-date=25 December 2011 |archive-date=4 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004010001/http://www.whtimes.co.uk/sport/trott_sisters_look_back_on_commonwealth_games_experience_1_687416 |url-status=dead }} She is an avid supporter of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.{{cite news |url=https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/laura-trott-olympic-champion-spurs-fan/ |title=Laura Trott – Olympic champion, Spurs fan |work=Tottenham Hotspur F.C. |date=3 April 2014 |access-date=31 January 2021 |archive-date=6 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206043138/https://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/news-archive-1/laura-trott-olympic-champion-spurs-fan/ |url-status=live }}

She began in the sport together with her sister when they rode alongside their mother who had taken up cycling in order to lose weight.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01lmqg8 |title=interview on bbc radio |first=Vernon |last=Kay |date=14 August 2012 |publisher=BBC radio 1 |access-date=14 August 2012 |archive-date=17 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817034622/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/player/b01lmqg8 |url-status=live }}

Career

=2009–2012=

She won two junior titles at both the 2009 and 2010 British National Track Championships,{{cite web|title=Palmares|url=http://www.lauratrott.com/palmares/|publisher=Laura Trott|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730220338/http://www.lauratrott.com/palmares/|archive-date=30 July 2016}} and placed third in the individual pursuit at the latter to win a place in the 2010 European Track Championships team pursuit squad aged just 18. After winning gold at the Euros, she went on to take her first world title at the 2011 championships, again as part of the team pursuit squad. Later in the year, at the 2011-12 Track Cycling World Cup event in Colombia, Kenny won a gold in the team pursuit and a bronze in the omnium.{{cite web |title=Track World Cup: Laura Trott wins omnium bronze for GB |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/16022653 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2025}} In the run up to the 2012 Olympics in London, she won a further two World and two European golds, in both the team pursuit and the omnium,{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=Ollie|title=Laura Trott takes giant leap towards London 2012|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/17661827|work=BBC Sport|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=17 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217015621/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/17661827|url-status=live}} before securing her place in the Great Britain team as those events made their Olympic debut.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Kenny won a gold medal in the team pursuit with Dani King and Joanna Rowsell.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820|title=Olympics cycling: British women win team pursuit track gold|work=BBC Sport|date=4 August 2012|access-date=30 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150809111912/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18911820|archive-date=9 August 2015}} The team set a world record time of 3:14.051 in this event.{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Douglas |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/team-gb-win-gold-medal-in-womens-team-pursuit-with-world-record-time-8007406.html |title=Team GB win gold medal in women's team pursuit with world record time – Cycling – Olympics |work=The Independent |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012 |location=London |archive-date=6 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806204810/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/team-gb-win-gold-medal-in-womens-team-pursuit-with-world-record-time-8007406.html |url-status=live }} Including pre-Olympics races and the Olympics final itself, in the six times they had ridden together they had broken the world record in every race. She also won gold in the omnium, two days after winning gold in the team pursuit.{{cite news |last=Slater |first=Matt |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18903274 |title=Olympics cycling: Laura Trott wins omnium gold medal |publisher=BBC |work=BBC Sport |date=4 August 2012 |access-date=9 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808233939/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18903274 |archive-date=8 August 2012 }}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/laura-trott-wins-omnium-gold-for-team-gb-8015479.html|title=Laura Trott wins omnium gold for Team GB|access-date=7 August 2012|location=London|work=The Independent|first=Alasdair|last=Fotheringham|date=7 August 2012|archive-date=22 April 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130422085107/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/cycling/laura-trott-wins-omnium-gold-for-team-gb-8015479.html|url-status=live}}

For the 2012 road season, Kenny joined Team Ibis Cycles,{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTW&teamstype=CTW&year=2012&teamnameid=3608&npage=-1&search=&l=ENG|title=2012 UCI Women's Teams:TEAM IBIS CYCLES (DPD) – GBR|publisher=UCI|date=13 April 2012|access-date=16 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021120917/http://62.50.72.82/ucinet/default.asp?page=UCITeamsdetail&discipline=ROA&continent=ALL&teamscategory=CTW&teamstype=CTW&year=2012&teamnameid=3608&npage=-1&search=&l=ENG|archive-date=21 October 2013}} though she competed in only five races.{{cite web|title=Laura Trott 2012 Season|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=130461&season=2012|publisher=ProCycling Stats|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818020559/http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider.php?id=130461&season=2012|url-status=live}}

=2013–2016=

One year after the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2013 saw her increase her road racing commitments with new team Wiggle Honda.{{cite web|title=Laura Trott makes an aggressive Wiggle Honda Pro Cycling debut in GP Dottignies|url=http://www.wigglehighfive.com/laura-trott-makes-an-aggressive-wiggle-honda-pro-cycling-debut-in-gp-dottignies/|publisher=Wiggle Honda|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=7 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407154053/http://www.wigglehighfive.com/laura-trott-makes-an-aggressive-wiggle-honda-pro-cycling-debut-in-gp-dottignies/|url-status=live}} Her best result was a second place at the British National Road Race Championships, bringing her the under-23 title,{{cite web|title=Armitstead takes her second title with solo move|date=23 June 2013|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/british-road-championships-2013/elite-women-road-race/results/|publisher=Cycling News|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829055708/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/british-road-championships-2013/elite-women-road-race/results/|url-status=live}} though her road racing was intended to function in service of her track preparation, rather than replacing it.{{cite web|last1=Trott|first1=Laura|title=Laura Trott: life as a road rider is hard for my sister Emma|date=13 October 2013 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/10374932/Laura-Trott-life-as-a-road-rider-is-hard-for-my-sister-Emma.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819222019/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/10374932/Laura-Trott-life-as-a-road-rider-is-hard-for-my-sister-Emma.html|url-status=live}} Kenny took further World and European team pursuit gold medals at the 2013 and 2014 championships, as well as European ominium title and World ominium silver in both those years.{{cite news|title=Track Cycling Worlds 2014: Becky James & Laura Trott win medals|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/26412190|work=BBC Sport|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=25 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025113912/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/26412190|url-status=live}} After making the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow her focus for this period, she entered the games with a kidney infection and finished well down the field in the scratch race and individual pursuit.{{cite web|last1=Liew|first1=Jonathan|title=Laura Trott suffering from kidney infection at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow|date=27 July 2014 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/10993594/Laura-Trott-suffering-from-kidney-infection-at-the-2014-Commonwealth-Games-in-Glasgow.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005235050/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/commonwealthgames/10993594/Laura-Trott-suffering-from-kidney-infection-at-the-2014-Commonwealth-Games-in-Glasgow.html|url-status=live}} Recovering as the Games progressed, she won a gold medal for England, in the points race.{{cite web|last1=Riach|first1=James|title=Commonwealth Games 2014: Laura Trott wins points race gold for England|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/27/laura-trott-points-race-gold-england|work=The Guardian|date=27 July 2014|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=18 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918224002/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/27/laura-trott-points-race-gold-england|url-status=live}} On the road she went one better at the national road championships, winning the title for her first senior road race win.{{cite web|last1=Hobro|first1=Scott|title=Laura Trott wins British Cycling National Road Championships women's title in Abergavenny|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/nationalroadchampionships/article/20140629-road-Report--2014-British-Cycling-National-Championships-0|publisher=British Cycling|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=25 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825055812/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/nationalroadchampionships/article/20140629-road-Report--2014-British-Cycling-National-Championships-0|url-status=live}} In the 2014-15 Track Cycling World Cup, Kenny was part of the British quartet that triumphed in the team pursuit at the events in Guadalajara and London. Additionally, she claimed gold in the omnium in London.{{cite web |title=Track Cycling World Cup: Laura Trott in GB team to win gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/29975471 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2025}}{{cite web |title=Track World Cup: Laura Trott secures omnium gold in front of London crowd |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/15264/9596978/track-world-cup-laura-trott-secures-omnium-gold-in-front-of-london-crowd |website=Sky Sports |access-date=15 July 2025}}

In February 2015, Kenny failed to win a title at the World Championships for the first time in her career, finishing second in both the team pursuit and omnium.{{cite web|last1=Cary|first1=Tom|title=Great Britain's golden girl Laura Trott has to settle for omnium silver at the Track Cycling World Championships|date=22 February 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/track-cycling/11428175/Great-Britains-golden-girl-Laura-Trott-has-to-settle-for-omnium-silver-at-the-Track-Cycling-World-Championships.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006000556/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/track-cycling/11428175/Great-Britains-golden-girl-Laura-Trott-has-to-settle-for-omnium-silver-at-the-Track-Cycling-World-Championships.html|url-status=live}} The result was part of a poor Championships for Britain, with the team finishing without a gold for the first time since 2001.{{cite news|last1=Slater|first1=Matt|title=No need to panic after Worlds gold drought – Laura Trott|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/31652686|work=BBC Sport|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=18 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181218013919/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/31652686|url-status=live}} Trott moved to the new Matrix Fitness Vulpine team for 2015 as a lead rider,{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/29039838 |title=Laura Trott leaves Wiggle-Honda and joins Matrix Fitness Vulpine |last1=Hope |first1=Nick |date=2 September 2014 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=2 September 2014 |archive-date=3 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903173739/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cycling/29039838 |url-status=live }} moving to the team in order to better combine her road and track cycling ambitions. After a road season in which her best result was 3rd in National Championships, Trott returned to win three gold medals at the 2015 European Championships, in the team pursuit, scratch race and omnium.{{cite web|last1=Cary|first1=Tom|title=Laura Trott to the rescue with gold medal at European Track Championships as GB riders fail to fire|date=16 October 2015 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/11937575/Laura-Trott-to-the-rescue-with-gold-medal-at-European-Track-Championships-as-GB-riders-fail-to-fire.html|publisher=Daily Telegraph|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=6 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006000600/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/11937575/Laura-Trott-to-the-rescue-with-gold-medal-at-European-Track-Championships-as-GB-riders-fail-to-fire.html|url-status=live}} At the beginning of 2016, Trott won gold in the omnium and a silver in the scratch race at the 2015-16 Track World Cup event in Hong Kong.{{cite web |title=Laura Trott wins omnium gold at Track Cycling World Cup |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/35337415 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2025}} She followed this with gold medals in the scratch race and omnium at the 2016 World Championships in London, as well as a bronze in the team pursuit.{{cite web|last1=Fotheringham|first1=William|title=Laura Trott claims second world championship gold with omnium win|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/06/laura-trott-track-world-championship-gold-omnium|work=The Guardian|date=6 March 2016|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817145533/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/mar/06/laura-trott-track-world-championship-gold-omnium|url-status=live}}

File:Rio 2016 - Track cycling 13 August (CT004) (29168562610).jpg gold at the 2016 Olympics]]

At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Trott was a favourite for the omnium, and with hopes of a medal in the team pursuit.{{cite web|last1=Smith|first1=Frank|title=Laura Trott can win gold at Rio Olympics says Sir Chris Hoy|url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/laura-trott-can-win-gold-in-rio-olympics-says-sir-chris-hoy/story-29495638-detail/story.html|publisher=Hertfordshire Mercury|access-date=17 August 2016}} {{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In the team pursuit, Great Britain took gold setting world records in the qualification and final of the tournament, defeating the American world champions in the final. This made Trott the first British woman to win three golds,{{cite web|url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Laura_Trott|title=Laura Trott – Great Britain Cycling Team Rider Profile|access-date=14 August 2016|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820041932/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/gbcyclingteam/new/bio/Laura_Trott|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=York|first1=Chris|title=Britain Wins Women's Team Pursuit At Rio Olympics 2016|date=13 August 2016 |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/britain-wins-womens-team-sprint_uk_57af7f8ee4b01ec53b3f7bc5|publisher=Huffington Post|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817021617/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/britain-wins-womens-team-sprint_uk_57af7f8ee4b01ec53b3f7bc5?|url-status=live}} though this achievement was matched by Charlotte Dujardin the next day.{{cite web|last1=Hamilton|first1=Tom|title='Emotional' Dujardin overcomes nerves to make Olympic history|date=15 August 2016|url=http://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/17310205/emotional-charlotte-dujardin-overcomes-nerves-make-olympic-history-dressage-gold|publisher=ESPN|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819190955/http://www.espn.co.uk/olympics/story/_/id/17310205/emotional-charlotte-dujardin-overcomes-nerves-make-olympic-history-dressage-gold|url-status=live}} In the Ominium, Trott dominated from the start and finished in the top two in five of the six events, to take a comfortable gold medal and once again become Britain's most successful female Olympian.{{cite web|last1=Windsor|first1=Richard|title=Laura Trott on her dominant omnium performance: 'I didn't even feel that good'|date=16 August 2016|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/olympics/laura-trott-dominant-omnium-performance-didnt-even-feel-good-275342|publisher=Cycling Weekly|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=20 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820131621/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/racing/olympics/laura-trott-dominant-omnium-performance-didnt-even-feel-good-275342|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37065697|title=Rio Olympics 2016: GB's Laura Trott defends omnium title to win historic fourth gold|date=17 August 2016|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817001544/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37065697|url-status=live}} Following the end of the track cycling competition at the games, Trott and her fiancé Jason Kenny were lauded in the British press as a 'golden couple', having won five gold medals between them in 2016, to reach a total of ten as a couple.{{cite web|last1=Ronay|first1=Barney|title=Laura Trott, Jason Kenny and a British Olympic triumph of central planning|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/17/laura-trott-jason-kenny-team-gb-cycling-gold-rush-olympics-rio|work=The Guardian|date=17 August 2016|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817105832/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2016/aug/17/laura-trott-jason-kenny-team-gb-cycling-gold-rush-olympics-rio|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Criddle|first1=Cristina|title=Who are Jason Kenny and Laura Trott? Everything you need to know about the Rio Olympic's golden couple|work=The Telegraph|date=17 August 2016|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/17/who-are-jason-kenny-and-laura-trott-everything-you-need-to-know/|publisher=Daily Telegraph|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818000253/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/17/who-are-jason-kenny-and-laura-trott-everything-you-need-to-know/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Fordyce|first1=Tom|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Laura Trott & Jason Kenny – Britain's golden couple|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37092547|work=BBC Sport|access-date=17 August 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817023941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37092547|url-status=live}}

=2017–2024=

After giving birth in August 2017, Kenny returned to training in January 2018, and in March, she was part of the British team pursuit line-up that finished in silver position at the 2018 World Track Championships in Apeldoorn.{{cite web |last1=Fordyce |first1=Tom |title=Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win team pursuit gold and silver |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/43248234 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2025 |date=1 March 2018}} At the 2018 European Track Championships in Glasgow, Kenny won gold medals in both the team pursuit and the elimination race.{{cite web |title=European Championships 2018: Laura Kenny wins second gold in Glasgow in elimination race |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/45076071 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 July 2025}} She won six gold medals later in the year during the 2018{{nbnd}}19 Track World Cup series. In Milton, she triumphed in both the team pursuit and omnium,{{cite web |title=Laura Kenny wins omnium gold at track World Cup in Canada |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/46015785 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 July 2025}} before winning the team pursuit and madison (with Emily Nelson) in Berlin. Kenny took part in the madison as a replacement after Archibald had crashed in an earlier event.{{cite web |title=UCI Track World Cup: Laura Kenny and Emily Nelson claim final day gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/46421699 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 July 2025}} Kenny then added two further golds in London, one as part of the British team pursuit, and another in the madison alongside Archibald.{{cite web |title=Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald win madison gold at Track Cycling World Cup |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/46587604 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 July 2025}}

Kenny won a bronze as part of the team pursuit at the 2019 Track World Championships in Pruszkow. Kenny had been scheduled to compete in the omnium later on in the compeitition, but illness forced her withdrawal.{{cite web |title=Laura Kenny says pulling out of Track World Championships was 'heartbreaking' |url=https://www.skysports.com/more-sports/cycling/news/15264/11664931/laura-kenny-says-pulling-out-of-track-world-championships-was-heartbreaking |website=Sky Sports |access-date=15 July 2025}} At the 2019 European Track Championships in Apeldoorn, Kenny claimed gold in the team pursuit as well as securing silver medals in both the omnium and madison.{{cite web |title=Cycling news - Laura Kenny, Katie Archibald add more medals as Kirsten Wild doubles up in Apeldoorn |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/cycling-track/european-championships/2019-2020/cycling-news-brausse-wins-gold-as-archibald-takes-bronze-in-individual-pursuit_sto7503649/story.shtml |website=TNT Sports |access-date=13 July 2025}}{{cite web |title=European Track Championships: Laura Kenny & Katie Archibald win madison silver |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/50117855 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 July 2025}}

Kenny broke her shoulder during a crash in the omnium at the Track Cycling World Cup event in Milton. She decided not to have surgery in order to compete at the following months World Championships.{{cite web|title=Laura Kenny skips shoulder operation to race Track World Championship |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/laura-kenny-skips-shoulder-operation-to-race-track-world-championship/ |website=Cycling News |access-date=15 July 2025}} There, she won a silver medal as a member of the British squad that finished second in the team pursuit in Berlin. Kenny competed in a heat but didn't take part in the final.{{cite web |last1=Falkingham |first1=Katie |title=Track Cycling World Championships: Great Britain win women's team pursuit silver |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/51666907 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2025 |date=27 February 2020}} She then finished twelth in the omnium.{{cite web |last1=Falkingham |first1=Katie |title=Laura Kenny: Briton finishes 12th in World Track Championships omnium after crash |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/51678142 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2025 |date=28 February 2020}} In November, she won three medals at the 2020 European Track Championships in Plovdiv. She claimed a gold medal in the team pursuit, a silver in the omnium and a bronze in the madison (with Barker).{{cite web |title=Neah Evans, Matt Walls and Laura Kenny enjoy further success at European Championships |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/cycling-track/neah-evans-matt-walls-and-laura-kenny-enjoy-further-success-at-european-championships_sto7993333/story.shtml |website=TNT Sports |access-date=13 July 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Ballinger |first1=Alex |title=European Track Championships 2020: Britain tops medal table as Laura Kenny, Elinor Barker and Ethan Vernon podium on final night |url=https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/european-track-championships-2020-britain-tops-medal-table-as-laura-kenny-elinor-barker-and-ethan-vernon-podium-on-final-night-475950 |website=Cycling Weekly |access-date=13 July 2025 |date=18 November 2020}}

At the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the summer of 2021, Kenny and her team-mates took the silver medal in the team pursuit: they briefly held the world record after their ride in the first round before Germany set a faster time in the next heat and secured a place in the gold medal final against Great Britain. Germany broke their world record again in the final to win the gold, finishing six seconds ahead of the British team.{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-08-03/olympics-cycling-gb-takes-home-silver-in-the-mens-sprint-and-womens-pursuit |title=Olympics cycling: GB takes home silver in the men's sprint and women's pursuit |author= |date=3 August 2021 |website=itv.com |access-date=8 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808000717/https://www.itv.com/news/2021-08-03/olympics-cycling-gb-takes-home-silver-in-the-mens-sprint-and-womens-pursuit |url-status=live }} Kenny and Katie Archibald subsequently went on to become the first Olympic champions in the women's Madison with a dominant performance, winning 10 of the race's 12 sprints and gaining a lap on the field with 20 laps to go to secure a total of 78 points, more than twice the score of the second-placed Danish team.{{cite web |title=Tokyo Olympics: Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald win madison gold before Jack Carlin wins sprint bronze |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58113628 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=15 July 2025}}

The win made Kenny the first British woman to win golds at three consecutive Olympics, the most successful female cyclist in Olympic history, eclipsing Leontien van Moorsel, and tied her with Charlotte Dujardin for the most Olympic medals won by a British female sportsperson.{{cite web |url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-08-06/team-gbs-laura-kenny-and-katie-archibald-win-gold-in-womens-madison-cycling |title=Tokyo 2020: Historic win for Laura Kenny as she and Katie Archibald secure gold for Team GB |author= |date=6 August 2021 |website=itv.com |access-date=8 August 2021 |archive-date=8 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808113548/https://www.itv.com/news/2021-08-06/team-gbs-laura-kenny-and-katie-archibald-win-gold-in-womens-madison-cycling |url-status=live }} In the omnium, Kenny's medal hopes suffered a setback in the opening scratch race when she was involved in a multi-rider crash on the penultimate lap. She went on to win the tempo race but could only finish 13th in the elimination race. After the closing points race she moved up from ninth place to finish sixth in the overall standings.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58133154|title=Tokyo Olympics: Jason Kenny wins seventh gold but Laura Kenny reign as omnium champion over|date=8 August 2021|website=bbc.co.uk|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808031833/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58133154|url-status=live}} Kenny was subsequently selected as the flag bearer for the British team at the Games' closing ceremony.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-08-08/tokyo-2020-laura-kenny-carries-flag-for-team-gb-at-olympics-closing-ceremony|title=Tokyo 2020: Laura Kenny to carry flag for Team GB at Olympics closing ceremony|date=8 August 2021|website=itv.com|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=12 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812203332/https://www.itv.com/news/2021-08-08/tokyo-2020-laura-kenny-carries-flag-for-team-gb-at-olympics-closing-ceremony|url-status=live}}

In August 2022, Kenny won gold in the scratch race at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, securing her first Commonwealth Games gold medal since 2014.{{cite web |last1=Falkingham |first1=Katie |title=Commonwealth Games: Laura Kenny wins scratch race gold at track cycling |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62384640 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=13 July 2025 |date=1 August 2022}} She also won a second medal at the games, a bronze in the team pursuit.{{cite web |last1=Majendie |first1=Matt |title=Commonwealth Games: Laura Kenny helps England claim team pursuit bronze |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/cycling/commonwealth-games-laura-kenny-2022-b1015641.html |website=London Evening Standard |access-date=15 July 2025 |date=30 July 2022}}

Kenny announced her retirement from cycling on 18 March 2024.

Post-retirement

Kenny, for the first time, joined the BBC's coverage of the Olympic Games, as an analyst on the cycling events at the Paris 2024 Olympics.{{cite web |title=Fall in love with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/olympic-games-paris-2024-on-the-bbc |access-date=4 May 2025 |website=www.bbc.co.uk }}

Kenny was named Commonwealth Games England president in March 2025, becoming the youngest person to hold the role.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/ckgd4ddv25go|title=Kenny named youngest Commonwealth Games England president|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=9 March 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://guernseypress.com/sport/uk-sport/2025/03/09/dame-laura-kenny-named-president-of-commonwealth-games-england/|title=Dame Laura Kenny named president of Commonwealth Games England|publisher=Guernsey Press|accessdate=9 March 2025}}

Personal life

Trott married track cyclist Jason Kenny at a private ceremony on 24 September 2016.{{cite news|title=Jason Kenny and Laura Trott get married in secret|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-37466204|access-date=25 September 2016|work=BBC News|date=25 September 2016|archive-date=25 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925091714/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-37466204|url-status=live}} The couple live near Knutsford in Cheshire.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37092547 |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Laura Trott & Jason Kenny – Britain's golden couple |last=Fordyce |first=Tom |date=17 August 2016 |work=BBC Sport |access-date=17 August 2016 |archive-date=17 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817023941/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37092547 |url-status=live }} Their first son was born on 23 August 2017.{{cite news |last1=Ruby |first1=Jennifer |title=Jason and Laura Kenny celebrate baby Albert's christening on their first wedding anniversary |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/jason-and-laura-kenny-celebrate-son-albert-s-christening-on-their-first-wedding-anniversary-a3643591.html |access-date=22 May 2021 |work=Evening Standard |date=26 September 2017 |archive-date=22 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522214421/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/jason-and-laura-kenny-celebrate-son-albert-s-christening-on-their-first-wedding-anniversary-a3643591.html |url-status=live }} In November 2021, she suffered a miscarriage at nine weeks, and in January 2022, she underwent surgery due to ectopic pregnancy.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/61187498|title=Laura Kenny: Cyclist had miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy in past five months|work=BBC Sport|date=22 April 2022|access-date=23 April 2022|archive-date=23 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423045253/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cycling/61187498|url-status=live}} The Kennys received equivalent honours in January 2022.{{cite web |title=Jason and Laura Kenny given knighthood and damehood in New Year Honours List |url=https://www.teamgb.com/article/jason-and-laura-kenny-given-knighthood-and-damehood-in-new-year-honours-list/XORcXfVmoWB1bKyf68fCr |access-date=18 March 2024 |website=www.teamgb.com |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318081641/https://www.teamgb.com/article/jason-and-laura-kenny-given-knighthood-and-damehood-in-new-year-honours-list/XORcXfVmoWB1bKyf68fCr |url-status=live }} Their second son, Monty, was born on 20 July 2023.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66278791|title=Olympic great Laura Kenny announces birth of second child with husband Sir Jason Kenny|work=BBC Sport|date=20 July 2023|accessdate=8 August 2023|archive-date=10 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810224819/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66278791|url-status=live}} On 31 December 2024, her third pregnancy was announced. Daughter, Lilian Joyce, was born on 4 May 2025.{{cite web|url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/other-sport/cycling/olympic-hero-laura-kenny-reveals-30689357|title=Olympic hero Laura Kenny reveals pregnancy after 'heartbreaking' fertility journey|publisher=Wales Online|accessdate=9 March 2025}}

Career achievements

=Major results=

Sources:{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=90386|title=Laura Kenny|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=6 January 2023|archive-date=6 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230106003415/https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=90386|url-status=live}}

==Track==

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;2008

: 3rd Sprint, National Junior Track Championships

;2009

: National Junior Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Points race

::2nd 500m time trial

::3rd Madison (with Hannah Mayho)

;2010

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UEC European Track Championships

: National Junior Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px 500m time trial

::2nd Points race

::2nd Scratch

: 1st 20px National Derny Championships

: 3rd Individual pursuit, National Track Championships

;2011

: 1st 20px Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

: UEC European Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::1st 20px Omnium

: UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Scratch

::1st 20px Team pursuit (with Katie Colclough and Dani King)

: 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cali

::1st 15px Team pursuit

::3rd 15px Omnium

: National Track Championships

::2nd Individual pursuit

::2nd Points race

::2nd Scratch

::3rd 500m time trial

;2012

: Olympic Games

::1st 15px Team pursuit

::1st 15px Omnium

: UCI Track World Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::1st 20px Omnium

: 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London

::1st 15px Team pursuit

::3rd 15px Omnium

: 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow

::1st 15px Omnium

::1st 15px Team pursuit

;2013

: UCI Track World Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::2nd 15px Omnium

: UEC European Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::1st 20px Omnium

: UEC European Under-23 Track Championships

::1st 20px Individual pursuit

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Points race

: National Track Championships

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Madison

: 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

::1st 15px Team pursuit, Manchester

::1st 15px Omnium, Manchester

::2nd 15px Omnium, Aguascalientes

: 3rd Scratch, Revolution – Round 1, Manchester

;2014

: UCI Track World Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::2nd 15px Omnium

: UEC European Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::1st 20px Omnium

: 1st 15px Points race, Commonwealth Games

: National Track Championships

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Team pursuit

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch

::2nd Individual pursuit

::3rd Points race

: 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

::1st 15px Team pursuit, Guadalajara

::1st 15px Team pursuit, London

::1st 15px Omnium, London

: Revolution Series

::1st Omnium – Round 1, London

::1st Points race – Round 4, Manchester

::1st Scratch – Round 4, Manchester

::1st Omnium – Round 5, London

::1st Points race – Round 2, Manchester

::3rd Scratch – Round 2, Manchester

: 1st Omnium, Fenioux Piste International

;2015

: 1st 15px Omnium, 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Aguascalientes

: UEC European Track Championships

::1st 20px Team pursuit

::1st 20px Scratch

::1st 20px Omnium

: National Track Championships

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Individual pursuit

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Scratch

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Points race

: Revolution Series

::1st Omnium – Round 1, Derby

::1st Points race – Round 2, Manchester

::1st Points race – Round 4, Glasgow

::1st Points race – Round 5, London

::1st Scratch – Round 4, Glasgow

::1st Scratch – Round 5, London

::2nd Scratch – Round 1, Derby

::3rd Individual pursuit – Round 1, Derby

::3rd Scratch – Round 6, Manchester

: Grand Prix of Poland

::1st Omnium{{cite web |title=Grand Prix Poland: Results After 6 Laps Women Elite |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/track/GP_Poland_womens_omnium_race.pdf |publisher=Grand Prix Poland |date=5 July 2015 |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122217/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/track/GP_Poland_womens_omnium_race.pdf |url-status=live }}

::1st Scratch{{cite web |title=Grand Prix Poland: Start List Women Elite |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/track/GP_Poland_womens_scratch_race.pdf |publisher=Grand Prix Poland |date=5 July 2015 |access-date=3 May 2017 |archive-date=15 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215122630/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuvvi/media/bc_files/track/GP_Poland_womens_scratch_race.pdf |url-status=live }}

: UCI Track World Championships

::2nd 15px Team pursuit

::2nd 15px Omnium

: 2nd Omnium, Internationale Radsport Meeting

;2016

: Olympic Games

::1st 15px Team pursuit

::1st 15px Omnium

: UCI Track World Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Scratch

::3rd 15px Team pursuit

: 2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Hong Kong

::1st 15px Omnium

::2nd 15px Scratch

: 1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG National Madison Championships

: Revolution Series

::1st Points race – Round 5, Manchester

::1st Points race – Round 6, Manchester

::1st Scratch – Round 6, Manchester

::2nd Scratch – Round 5, Manchester

: 1st Omnium, Grand Prix of Poland

: 1st Omnium, Fenioux Piste International

: Revolution Champions League

::2nd Omnium – Round 2, London

::2nd Scratch – Round 2, London

::3rd Points race – Round 2, London

;2018

: 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

::1st 15px Omnium, Milton

::1st 15px Team pursuit, Milton

::1st 15px Madison, Berlin (with Emily Nelson)

::1st 15px Team pursuit, Berlin

::1st 15px Madison, London (with Katie Archibald)

::1st 15px Team pursuit, London

: 1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Omnium, National Track Championships

;2019

: 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Minsk

::2nd 15px Madison (with Emily Nelson)

::3rd 15px Omnium

;2020

: 2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Championships

: 1st 15px Madison, 2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Milton (with Neah Evans)

;2021

: Olympic Games

::1st 15px Madison (with Katie Archibald)

::2nd 15px Team pursuit

;2022

: 1st 15px Scratch race, Commonwealth Games

: 2nd 15px Team pursuit, UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup, Glasgow

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==Road==

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;2009

: 2nd National Criterium Championships

;2011

: National Road Championships

::1st 20px Under-23 road race

::5th Road race

;2013

: National Road Championships

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Under-23 road race

::2nd Road race

::5th Time trial

: 1st RideLondon Grand Prix

: 4th Grand Prix de Dottignies

;2014

: National Road Championships

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Road race

::1st File:MaillotReinoUnido.PNG Under-23 road race

::5th Time trial

: 1st Overall Surf & Turf 2-Day{{cite web |url=https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/102962/Surf--Turf-2-Day-Womens-Stage-Race |title=Surf & Turf 2-Day Women's Stage Race |website=British Cycling |access-date=19 December 2021 |archive-date=19 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211219211506/https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/102962/Surf--Turf-2-Day-Womens-Stage-Race |url-status=live }}

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3

;2015

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

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=Honours and awards=

Trott was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling{{London Gazette |issue=60367 |date=29 December 2012 |page=24 |supp=y}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/NY2013-honours-London-2012.pdf|title=2013 New Year's Honoura|access-date=29 December 2012|archive-date=21 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055233/http://www.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/sites/default/files/resources/NY2013-honours-London-2012.pdf|url-status=live}} and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours, also for services to cycling.{{London Gazette|issue=61803 |supp=y|page=N9|date=31 December 2016}} Both Laura and Jason Kenny received their CBEs on Tuesday 25 April 2017 at an Investiture in Buckingham Palace.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39709614|title=Olympic Cyclists Laura and Jason Kenny collect CBEs|access-date=25 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425170705/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39709614|url-status=live}} Taken together, Laura and Jason Kenny won 12 Olympic gold medals, which places them among the most successful Olympic medalist families of all time.

She received an Honorary Degree from the University of Essex in 2013.{{cite web|title=Laura Trott and Annie Lennox receive Honorary Degrees|url=http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5361|website=University of Essex|access-date=19 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826081654/http://www.essex.ac.uk/news/event.aspx?e_id=5361|archive-date=26 August 2016}}

In 2014, the former Grundy Park Leisure Centre in Cheshunt was renamed The Laura Trott Leisure Centre in her honour following a £4 million redevelopment. Trott attended the launch ahead of competing in stage four of the first Women's Tour from Cheshunt to Welwyn Garden City.{{cite news |url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/cheshunts-grundy-park-leisure-centre-renamed-honour-laura-trott/story-21985896-detail/story.html |title=Cheshunt's Grundy Park Leisure Centre renamed after Laura Trott ahead of Women's Tour stage four |work=Hertfordshire Mercury |date=10 May 2014 |access-date=30 July 2014 }} {{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Kenny was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to cycling.{{London Gazette|issue=63571|supp=y|page=N8|date=1 January 2022}} Her husband Jason was knighted in the same list, also for services to cycling.{{cite news|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/59828368|title= New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame|date= 31 December 2021|work= BBC Sport|access-date= 1 January 2022|archive-date= 3 January 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220103233658/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/59828368|url-status= live}} They were both invested at Windsor Castle on 17 May 2022.{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/cycling-legends-jason-and-laura-kenny-receive-honours-after-winning-12-gold-medals-between-them-12615399|title=Cycling legends Jason and Laura Kenny receive honours after winning 12 gold medals between them|publisher=Sky News|date=17 May 2022|access-date=10 August 2023|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924234941/https://news.sky.com/story/cycling-legends-jason-and-laura-kenny-receive-honours-after-winning-12-gold-medals-between-them-12615399|url-status=live}}

See also

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