Sir Jason Francis Kenny (born 23 March 1988) is a British former[2] track cyclist, specialising in the individual and team sprints.

[3] With Chris Hoy and Jamie Staff, he won a gold medal in the team sprint, breaking the world record in the qualifying round.

In January 2012, he gained his first world championship title, when Grégory Baugé's results were nullified after a backdated 12-month ban for missing a drugs test, and the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) promoted Kenny to the gold medal.

[9] In the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, Kenny visited the school and praised the support he had received from his PE teachers.

[8] He was a keen sportsperson during his youth, showing ability as a football goalkeeper as well as playing cricket and tennis, but having learned to ride a bicycle at a young age, became involved in track racing when he and his brother attended a track session at the National Cycling Centre in Manchester, when an uncle had booked a session and had some spare places.

[citation needed] Kenny was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

Kenny was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to cycling.

This left him in the repechage, where he beat his Great Britain teammates Callum Skinner and Lewis Oliva to make it to the 1/8 finals.

In the run up to the Rio Olympics, he was part of the squad that won gold in the Hong Kong round of the 2015–16 Track World Cup alongside Hindes and Skinner and went on to win the gold in the sprint at the 2016 Track World Championships in London, defeating Matthew Glaetzer 2–1 in the final.

[7] At the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Kenny won gold in the men's team sprint with Philip Hindes and Callum Skinner.

[7] He won gold in the men's individual sprint, beating Callum Skinner in the final[17] after losing just one ride, to eventual bronze medallist Denis Dmitriev in the semi-finals.

[19] Following the Rio Games, Kenny made an unannounced retirement from competition, later stating that this was due to the physical and mental toll of cycle racing.

However, after a year away from the track and the birth of his first child he decided to return to racing, stating in an interview in September 2017 that the break had "refreshed" him.

[23] In the keirin, Kenny took the gold medal after going on the attack when the derny pulled off the track with three laps to go, building on a gap that had already appeared between himself and the rest of the field led by Matthew Glaetzer and holding on to the lead to cross the finish line with a gap of over three quarters of a second over the second placed Azizulhasni Awang.

[25] His wife Laura was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the same list, also for services to cycling.

[26] In February of that year, Kenny announced that he was retiring from competition in order to take the role of men's podium sprint coach with British Cycling.