Ariane Bonhomme

Biography

Ariane Bonhomme was part of Canada’s fourth-place finish in the women’s team pursuit in her first Olympic appearance at Tokyo 2020. 

Bonhomme debuted at the UCI Track World Championships in 2018 where she started a run of three straight fourth place finishes in the women’s team pursuit. After not racing at the worlds in 2021 or 2022, she made her return in 2023.       

Bonhomme joined Team Canada on the UCI World Cup circuit during the 2017-18 season and won her first World Cup medals, helping the team pursuit capture silver in Poland before a gold on their home track in Milton. She returned to the podium at what was now the UCI Nations Cup in 2023, winning team pursuit bronze in Milton. She began the 2023 season with a pair of fourth place finishes with the team pursuit in Adelaide and Milton. 

Bonhomme represented Canada at the 2018 and 2022 Commonwealth Games where she competed in both track cycling and road cycling. She won bronze with the team pursuit at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, her first multi-sport Games. 

Bonhomme first represented Canada internationally in the junior division at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships. Two years later, she graduated to the elite division and competed in some of the top domestic races in Canada. In the 2015-16 season, she joined Cycling Canada’s NextGen endurance track cycling team. That year she competed at her first Pan American Championships, winning team pursuit gold and points race bronze. She added another three team pursuit gold medals at the Pan American Championships (2017, 2019, 2023) and also earned an individual pursuit title in 2023.  

Bonhomme had an outstanding performance at the 2018 Canadian Track Cycling Championships, winning gold in team pursuit, silvers in the omnium, madison, and points race, and bronzes in the scratch race and individual pursuit. 

A Little More About Ariane

Getting into the Sport: Started road cycling at age 12, first cycled in a velodrome at 16… Originally started cycling to stay fit in the summer for short track speed skating before a knee injury led her to switching over to cycling full time… Was the first female member of the first youth cycling club in Gatineau… Outside Interests: Earned a certificate in sexual health from Université Laval… Would like to be a midwife after retiring from cycling; has always had a passion for everything involved with babies, labour, and delivery… Was taught to knit by teammate Georgia Simmerling and now does it at training camps and competitions… Enjoys hiking, camping, and fly fishing in the off-season… Odds and Ends: A Grade 7 collage about her biggest dream included her face on a photo of Charles Hamelin on the podium at Vancouver 2010… Worked with a sports psychologist to deal with race day nerves because she felt she owed it to her teammates to be as good in races as she is in training…