Kaarle McCulloch OLY

Kaarle McCulloch, an Olympic medallist and World Champion track sprint cyclist, is the National coach for the Women's track sprint team and Queensland Academy of Sport (QAS).

With a career spanning over 15 years as an athlete, she has served on three different athlete advisory committees. In these roles, she contributed both an athlete’s voice along with advocating for improvements in systems and organisations to better serve the sport and athlete's needs. Kaarle’s commitment to the sports community is further demonstrated by her recognition as a World Academy of Sport Athlete Friendly Assessor, working with schools worldwide, assisting them in developing programs that effectively balance the needs of their elite athletes.

After ten years of studying and training, Kaarlee completed her degree in Physical Education in 2022. She then went on to coach the British Women’s track sprint team, significantly improving their performance from being 21% away from the "What It Will Take to Win" targets to just 4% away by the time she left in August 2023 for life balance reasons. Her coaching philosophy is built on three pillars: coaching to coach oneself, maximizing human potential, and implementing performance-focused structure and strategy. She lives her life and works within these frameworks to empower and support the people she works with to thrive.