Sam Webster (cyclist)

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Sam Webster
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Personal information
Nickname Wiki[1]
Born (1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 32)
Auckland, New Zealand
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Weight 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st)
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter
Major wins
3x Junior World Champion 2009, 2 gold medals at 2014 glasgow commonwealth games.

Sam Webster (born 16 July 1991) is a New Zealand track cyclist. He was the 2009 sprint, keirin and team sprint World Champion at the Junior World Championships and New Zealand national track cycling champion. He won gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the individual sprint and the team sprint.

Biography

Born in Auckland, Webster attended Auckland Grammar School.[2]

Sam Webster is a Sprint Cyclist from New Zealand.

His pal mares include Junior World Championship titles in the Team Sprint, Keirin and Sprint (2009, Moscow). From the Junior World Championships, he moved into the Elite category and has continued to climb the ranks. Webster is a member of the New Zealand Team Sprint team that has made the consistent climb at the World Championships, from Bronze in 2012 (Melbourne), Silver in 2013 (Minsk) and Gold in 2014, claiming their first World Champions rainbow jersey in the elite ranks.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Sam raced his way to Bronze in the Sprint and Silver in the Team Sprint but suffered a big crash in the Team Sprint in the race for gold. He was the reserve for the New Zealand Sprint Team at the 2012 London Olympics.

Palmarès

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2010
1st Sprintmeeting, Cottbus (August)
1st Sprintmeeting, Dudenhofen (September)
1st Sprintmeeting, Darmstadt (September)
2nd Team Sprint, XIX Commonwealth Games
2nd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne
3rd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Cali
3rd Sprint, XIX Commonwealth Games
3rd Keirin, New Zealand National Championships
6th Keirin, UCI World Track Championships, Copenhagen
2014
1st ‹The template FlagiconUCI is being considered for deletion.› Arc en ciel.svg Team Sprint, UCI World Track Championships, Cali
1st Sprint, Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow
1st Team Sprint, Commonwealth Games 2014, Glasgow

Sponsors

References

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External links

  • Sam Webster at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Sam Webster on TwitterLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
  • Official website