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| Born | (2001-01-04)4 January 2001 (age 25) Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | FDJ United–Suez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2020 | Velo Project | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2021–2024 | NXTG Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | FDJ–Suez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ally Wollaston (born 4 January 2001) is a New Zealand professional trackracing cyclist and road cyclist riding forFDJ United–Suez.[2] She was a double-medallist at the2024 Paris Olympics and is the first New Zealand rider to win two titles at the sametrack World Championships.
Wollaston was born on 4 January 2001 inAuckland, New Zealand.[3] She is the youngest of three sisters; her sister Nina has medalled at a Para-cycling road World Cup in 2019.[4] She grew up in Auckland but later moved to the Waikato.[5] She got into cycling through her family as they were helping out with theSt Peter's School cycling team.[6] Wollaston was educated at St Peter's School, and as of 2024 is a part-time law student at theUniversity of Waikato.[7][8]
Wollaston was part of the New Zealand team that won theteam pursuit race in Hong Kong as part of the2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup. She also won gold in theindividual pursuit at the2019 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships.[9]
Wollaston began racing professionally on the road forNXTG Racing in August 2021. In January 2022, Wollaston won the National criterium championships.[10] She then went to join her team in Europe and got her first win for the team at theGrand Prix du Morbihan on 14 May 2022. Wollaston was selected to representNew Zealand at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. However, she crashed and injured her wrist during stage two of the2022 Tour de France Femmes, and was unable to compete at the Commonwealth Games.[11]
In 2023, Wollaston won her first national title, winning theNew Zealand National Road Race Championships, as well as winning theGrand Prix Elsy Jacobs.
Wollaston started the 2024 season in good form and won a stage in theTour Down Under in February. She developed knee problems, though, that required surgery at the end of March. After having missed the2022 Commonwealth Games, this brought on fears of also missing the2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but the recovery went well. In June, she won two stages of theVolta a Catalunya in Spain.[12] At the Paris Olympics, Wollaston won silver in theteam pursuit (alongsideNicole Shields,Bryony Botha, andEmily Shearman), and a bronze medal in theomnium.[13] At the2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships inBallerup, Denmark, Wollaston become the first New Zealand rider to win two world championship titles at the same track world championships,[14] taking gold medals in theelimination race[15][16] and theomnium[14][17][18] as well as bronze in thescratch race.[19]
In 2025, Wollaston joinedFDJ–Suez on a two year contract.[20] In February 2025, Wollaston won her firstUCI Women's World Tour one-day race at theCadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race.[21] In June 2025, Wollaston wonTour of Britain Women.[22]
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Road raceRoad raceRoad race, National Under-23 Championships
Points classification CriteriumRoad raceTime trial, National Under-23 Championships
OverallFestival Elsy Jacobs Points classification
Youth classification
Points classification OverallTour of BritainRoad race
Sprint classification
Team pursuit,UCI World Junior Championships
Individual pursuit Team pursuitTeam pursuit,UCI World ChampionshipsEliminationOmnium
Scratch
Team pursuit
Omnium
 UCI Track Cycling World Champions –Women's omnium | |
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| UCI Track Cycling World Champions –Women's elimination | |
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