Anna Kiesenhofer

Anna Kiesenhofer made headlines after she stormed to victory, claiming Gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in the Road Race. A talented cyclist, Anna is also famed as a mathematician and is currently completing a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Mathematics at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Having claimed the first Summer Olympic Gold medal for Austria since 2004, Anna is now booked as an inspirational Olympic or sports speaker to share her journey to success, and the qualities she had to develop to achieve it.

Falling in love with both the physical and mental challenges of endurance sports whilst at university, pushing her mind and body to the limit with competitions in running, triathlons and cycling. During studying for her PhD, Anna first began competing in elite road racing, claiming her first UCI race win in 2016 at the Tour de l’Ardéche. From that point on, Anna has claimed countless victories in cycling, including 5th place at the 2019 European TT Championships, double National Championships, 2020 GC podium at the Tour de l’Ardéche and National Champion in ITT and hill climb. In 2021, Anna competed at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and claimed Olympic Gold.

Other prominent wins of Anna’s have included becoming a National Champion ITT in 2021 and finishing in second place at the Chrono des Nations in 2021. Anna’s Olympic medal made history books, entered as the sole representative in the women’s Road Race for Austria, claiming the first cycling Olympic Gold medal for Austria since 1896. In reward of her commitments and achievements in sports, Anna has been the recipient of the Niki Prize as Sportswoman of the Year 2021 by Sports Media Austria, winner of the International Success category at the Die Presse’s Austrian of the Year Awards and named Lower Austria’s Sportswoman of the Year 2021.

With an already successful cycling career to her name, Anna hopes to expand on her victory count and is now also booked as a speaker for events to share the story of her cycling success. Pushing her mental and physical abilities, Anna is an expert in achieving peak performance, inspiring conference audiences to be mentally resilient. Having made history at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Anna explores the qualities she had to perfect to get her to winning status, allowing her to speak at the Forbes Women's Summit 2021 and the 2022 Vienna Congress. When looking to book an inspirational Olympic speaker for events, don’t hesitate to hire Anna Kiesenhofer, guaranteed to inspire future athletes.