Leigh Howard

Leigh Howard
Howard in 2018
Personal information
Full nameLeigh Howard
Born (1989-10-18) 18 October 1989
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur teams
Geelong CC
2009Australian Institute of Sport
2009Team Toshiba
Professional teams
2010–2011Team HTC–Columbia
2012–2015GreenEDGE
2016IAM Cycling
2017Aqua Blue Sport
2018–2019ACA–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.