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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.

Sam Webster
Personal information
Born (1991-07-16) 16 July 1991 (age 31)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Major wins
3x Junior World Champion 2009, 2 gold medals at 2014 glasgow commonwealth games.
Medal record
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam sprint
World Championships
2014 CaliTeam sprint
2016 LondonTeam sprint
2017 Hong KongTeam sprint
2013 MinskTeam sprint
2015 YvelinesTeam sprint
2012 MelbourneTeam sprint
Commonwealth Games
2014 GlasgowTeam sprint
2014 GlasgowSprint
2018 Gold CoastTeam sprint
2018 Gold CoastSprint
2010 DelhiTeam sprint
2014 GlasgowKeirin
2010 DelhiSprint
2022 BirminghamTeam sprint

Biography


Born in Auckland in 1991, Webster attended Auckland Grammar School.[1] Webster is a track cyclist competing in a variety of sprint disciplines. His palmarès include a gold medal at the January 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in the men's sprint.[2] At the Junior World Championship in August 2009 in Moscow, he won gold in the team sprint, Keirin and sprint. From the Junior World Championships, he moved into the elite category. 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 (Cali, Colombia), claiming their first World Champions rainbow jersey in the elite ranks.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Webster 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. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won alongside Eddie Dawkins and Ethan Mitchell a silver medal in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Sprint.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Webster won Gold in the team sprint event alongside Ethan Mitchell and Eddie Dawkins.[3]


Major results


2009
1st Sprint, 2009 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
1st Keirin, 2009 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
1st Team Sprint, 2009 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
2nd Keirin, Oceania Cycling Championships
3rd Team sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships
2010
1st Sprintmeeting, Cottbus (August)
1st Sprintmeeting, Dudenhofen (September)
1st Sprintmeeting, Darmstadt (September)
2nd Team Sprint, 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi
2nd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne
3rd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Cali
3rd Sprint, 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi
3rd Keirin, New Zealand National Championships
6th Keirin, UCI Track World Championships, Copenhagen
2012
3rd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Melbourne
2013
2nd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Minsk
2014
1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Cali
1st Sprint, 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow
1st Team Sprint, 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow
2015
2nd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Yvelines
2016
1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, London
2nd Team Sprint, 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro
2017
1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Hong Kong
2018
1st Team Sprint, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast
1st Sprint, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast

Sponsors



References


  1. "New Cycling Club for Auckland". Cycling New Zealand. 17 October 2009.
  2. "Australian Youth Olympic Festival 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
  3. Qualifying results


Awards
Preceded by
Jossi Wells
Halberg Awards – Emerging Talent Award
2009
Succeeded by

На других языках


- [en] Sam Webster (cyclist)

[fr] Sam Webster

Sam Webster (né le 16 juillet 1991) est un coureur cycliste néo-zélandais. Spécialiste de la piste, il est triple champion du monde de la vitesse par équipes avec Edward Dawkins et Ethan Mitchell (2014, 2016 et 2017).

[it] Sam Webster

Sam Webster (Auckland, 16 luglio 1991) è un pistard neozelandese, medaglia d'argento nella velocità a squadre ai Giochi olimpici di Rio 2016 e tre volte campione del mondo di specialità.



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