KERBY Jordan

Date of Birth: 15 Aug 1992

Age: 28

Gender: Male

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Cycling Track	Men's Team Pursuit NZL New Zealand	OVL

Schedule

Change

Location	Event	Status
Izu Velodrome	Men's Team Pursuit Qualifying	Finished
Izu Velodrome	Men's Team Pursuit First Round - Heat 3	Finished
Izu Velodrome	Men's Team Pursuit Finals - Bronze	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

CYCLING TRACK

World Championships

Year	Location	4km IP	4km TP
2020	Berlin, GER	-	2
2017	Hong Kong, CHN	1	-

Oceania Championships

Year	Location	Scratch	4km IP	Omnium	4km TP	Madison
2020	Invercargill, NZL	1	2	16	-	3
2017	Cambridge, NZL	1	1	7	1	5

World Cup

Year	Location	4km TP
2019/2020	Brisbane, QLD, AUS	2
2019/2020	Cambridge, NZL	3
2018/2019	Cambridge, NZL	1
2018/2019	Milton, ON, CAN	8
2018/2019	Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, FRA	6

Legend
IP - Individual Pursuit, TP - Team Pursuit, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

CYCLING ROAD

Ten best WorldTour performances in career

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location
93	2013	Men's Individual	Tour Down Under	Adelaide, SA, AUS
112	2015	Men's Individual	Tour Down Under	Adelaide, SA, AUS

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, OTL - Outside the Time Limit

Nickname:

Kerbs, Jord (Instagram profile, 15 Oct 2020; australiancyclingteam.com, 20 Oct 2019)

Hobbies:

Socialising with his friends and partner. (cyclingnewzealand.nz, 10 Jun 2020)

Occupation:

Athlete, Business Owner, Coach

Education:

Sport Studies - Massey University, Palmerston North, NZL

Family:

Partner Alysa

Languages spoken:

English

Coach:

Craig Palmer [national], NZL; Rene Wolff [national], GER

Other sports:

He has represented Australia in road cycling and won silver at the 2015 Oceania Championships in Toowoomba, QLD, Australia. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Apr 2021; sbs.com.au, 15 Apr 2017; sunshinecoastdaily.com.au, 23 Jan 2013)

Start:

He began track cycling at age 11. (cyclingnewzealand.nz, 10 Jun 2020)

Reason:

"It was a family sport on dad's side. I played a lot of rugby, cricket, football as a kid and got into triathlons. I swam and rode well but even if a bear was chasing me, I couldn't run to save myself. So I stuck to what I was good at and did more and more riding." (cyclingnewzealand.nz, 10 Jun 2020)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nzherald.co.nz, 29 Feb 2020)

Training:

He splits his time training between Brisbane, QLD, Australia and Cambridge, New Zealand. (cyclingnewzeland.nz, 10 Jun 2020)

Memorable:

Winning a gold medal in the 4km individual pursuit at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong, China. (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Apr 2020; ridemedia.com.au, 20 Apr 2017)

Influence:

Coach Nic Formosa. (commonwealthgames.com.au, 06 Apr 2018)

Ritual:

"I've been forced [by my fiance] into the superstition of not clipping your nails on a Sunday. Apparently it's bad luck." (cyclingnewzealand.nz, 10 Jun 2020)

Philosophy:

"I'm not the most talented bloke out there but I can work bloody hard." (stanleystreetsocial.com, 19 Dec 2018)

General Interest

General
REPRESENTING NEW ZEALAND
He began his international career competing for Australia, but switched to representing New Zealand in 2018 after he was told he was not in the Australian team's plans for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He qualifies for New Zealand through his mother. "The main reasoning given was the opinion that I would not improve and would not be good enough for the Tokyo Olympics. It was pretty black and white, there was a clear opportunity for me to still be considered for the Olympic Games [with New Zealand] so I jumped at it. The major question was whether I had the time and resources to make it happen. It's a lengthy process with a lot of paperwork. I have a lot of people to thank for their help in the process." (SportsDeskOnline, 15 Apr 2020; sbs.com.au, 26 Feb 2020; pezcyclingnews.com, 28 Jan 2019)

ROAD TO TRACK
He competed in road cycling in Europe until 2016, when he decided to switch his focus to track cycling. "I decided I would not ride around Europe anymore. It was not where I was happiest. I was watching the Rio Olympics on TV in my apartment in Girona [Spain]. I thought, 'Well I used to be quite good at that as a junior'. I came home [to Australia] and they were building an angled velodrome there at the time. So I decided to throw a leg over and race at the national championships in 2017. I won it and got picked up by the Australian team." He has since held professional road racing contracts and signed for the MEIYO CCN Pro Cycling Team for 2021. (procyclingstats.com, 01 Jan 2021; cyclingnewzealand.nz, 10 Jun 2020)

WEDDING DELAY
He had planned to get married in September 2020, but delayed the ceremony after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo were postponed. (cyclingnewzealand.nz, 10 Jun 2020)

COACH
He is also a cycling coach and launched his own coaching company in 2019. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Sep 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event
OVL:: Overlapped

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