Marshall Erwood

Marshall Erwood
Personal information
Born (2005-02-22) 22 February 2005[1]
Team information
DisciplineTrack
Road
RoleRider
Professional team
2025MitoQ–NZ Cycling Project
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Santiago Team pursuit

Marshall Erwood (born 22 February 2005) is a New Zealand track and road cyclist. He rides for MitoQ–NZ Cycling Project. He was a bronze medalist at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's team pursuit.

Career

Erwood is from Invercargill in the Southland Region of New Zealand. He was selected for the 2023 UCI World Junior Track Championships.[2]

Erwood was runner-up at the New Zealand under-19 men’s national road championship in 2023. At the national track championships that year, he won the trophy for the most points by an under-19 rider after winning the 1000m time trial, the scratch and elimination races, as well as riding with Jesse Willis and Magnus Jamieson to win the under -19 team sprint. With Jamieson and Willis and Tom Kerr he finished second in the senior men’s team pursuit. Erwood was also second in the individual pursuit and points race.[3] At the Oceania Championships in 2023 he won the U19 kilo time trial final and paired with Maui Morrison to win the U19 25km madison.[4]

He was a silver medalist in the team pursuit at the 2025 Oceania Track Championships in Brisbane in February 2025.[5] He also won a silver medalist in the elimination race at the Championships.[6] He competed on the road with the MitoQ NZ Cycling Project team in the United States in 2025.[7]

In October 2025, he won a bronze medal at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the men's team pursuit in Santiago, Chile, alongside Keegan Hornblow, Tom Sexton and Nick Kergozou, winning the bronze medal ride-off against the United States with their best time of the competition of 3:48.877 seconds.[8]

Major results

2025
3rd Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

References

  1. ^ "Marshall Erwood". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  2. ^ Harding, Evan (2 May 2023). "Southland cyclist realises dream with selection for world championship". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  3. ^ Burdon, Nathan (20 March 2024). "Coming of age for Marshall Erwood". Southland Sport. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Botha and Sexton lead gold medal pairings on the track". Sporthubz.com. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  5. ^ "2025 Oceania Track Championships Elite Men Team Pursuit Gold Final". Auscycling.org.au. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  6. ^ "2025 Oceania Track Championships Elite Men Elimination Final". Auscycling.org.au. 11 February 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  7. ^ "Olympic star leads new faces to UCI Track World Championships in Chile". rnz.co.nz. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.
  8. ^ "Cycling: Kiwi pursuit team win world bronze, Olympic champ Ellesse Andrews eliminated". rnz.co.nz. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025.