Bryony Botha

Botha was raised in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Rangitoto College.^[2]

At the 2015 Juniors Track World Championships Botha was part of the team pursuit that won the event, and broke the world team pursuit record.^[2] In 2017 Botha represented New Zealand at the Oceania Track Cycling Championships where she won the team pursuit and scratch race.^[3][4] Later in the year Botha also competed at the Chile Track Cycling World Cup, winning gold in the women's team pursuit.^[5]

She represented New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games claiming silver in the team pursuit.^[6][7] Botha also won bronze in the team pursuit at the 2019 Track Cycling World Championships in Poland.^[8]

In February 2025 at the UCI Oceania Track Cycling Championships, Botha set a new world record twice in the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit, with a time of 4:31:446 while qualifying and a time of 4:30.72 in the final.^[9] However, her record was surpassed twice later that week, as on February 15, 2025, Anna Morris won the women’s 4000 metre individual pursuit at the European Track Championships, and set a new world record in that event twice that day, by setting a world record time of 4:28.306 while qualifying and then a new world record time of 4:25.874 in the final.^[10][11]