Thomas Cornish (cycling) won silver in the 1km time trial at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games behind Matthew Glaetzer, Australia’s first 1-2 finish in the event since 1994.

Following the Games, he joined Leigh Hoffman, Matthew Richardson and Glaetzer to win gold in the team sprint at the world championships in France as well as silver (team sprint) and bronze (1km time trial) at the 2023 edition in Glasgow.

Cornish was inspired to take up cycling aged six by his older brother Josh who competed in the national road race titles. The up-and-coming sprinter from Sydney’s Sutherland Shire started out as a jack-of-all-trades, winning four events at the under-17 national track titles in 2016 as well as the road race. Two years later he won gold in the time trial at the Junior World Track Championship in Switzerland in a junior world record.

A member of the Southern Cross Cycling Club, Cornish trained at the Dunc Gray Velodrome, the venue for the Sydney Olympics, before moving to Adelaide to join the national track squad.

He is studying nutrition at university and can solve a Rubik’s Cube in under one minute.