sport.wikisort.org - Athlete

Search / Calendar

Sarah Kathryn Hammer (born August 18, 1983) is a former American professional racing cyclist and four-times Olympic silver medalist. With eight world championships, she has been called, "America's most decorated track athlete."[1] Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.

Sarah Hammer
Hammer competing at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Full nameSarah Kathryn Hammer
Born (1983-08-18) August 18, 1983 (age 38)
United States
Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight135 lb (61 kg)
Team information
DisciplineTrack cycling
Medal record
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam pursuit
2012 LondonOmnium
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam pursuit
2016 Rio de JaneiroOmnium
World Championships
2006 BordeauxIndividual pursuit
2007 Palma de MallorcaIndividual pursuit
2010 BallerupIndividual pursuit
2011 ApeldoornIndividual pursuit
2013 MinskIndividual pursuit
2013 MinskOmnium
2014 CaliOmnium
2016 LondonTeam pursuit
2008 ManchesterIndividual pursuit
2011 ApeldoornTeam pursuit
2011 ApeldoornOmnium
2014 CaliIndividual Pursuit
2017 Hong KongPoints race
2012 MelbourneOmnium
2016 LondonOmnium
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoOmnium
2015 TorontoTeam pursuit
Pan American Championships
2015 SantiagoOmnium
2015 SantiagoTeam pursuit

Career


Hammer is five-times a champion (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 & 2013) in the individual pursuit and twice a champion (2013 & 2014) in the omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Hammer finished fifth overall in the individual pursuit and did not finish in the points race.[2][3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hammer won a team silver medal in the Women's team pursuit, as well as an individual silver medal in the women's omnium.[4]

Hammer held the world record in the 3000 m individual pursuit from 2010 until it was broken by Chloé Dygert in 2018.

Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.[5]


Major results


2013
Los Angeles Grand Prix
1st Omnium
2nd Team Pursuit (with Kimberly Geist, Jennifer Valente and Ruth Winder)
2014
1st Omnium, Los Angeles Grand Prix
2015
Pan American Track Championships
1st Omnium
1st Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Ruth Winder and Jennifer Valente)
Pan American Games
1st Omnium
2nd Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Lauren Tamayo, Ruth Winder and Jennifer Valente)
Independence Day Grand Prix
1st Individual Pursuit
1st Points Race
1st Scratch Race
1st Omnium, Marymoor Grand Prix
2nd Omnium, Grand Prix of Colorado Springs
2017
Belgian International Track Meeting
1st Points Race
3rd Scratch Race
2nd Points race, UCI World Track Championships

References


  1. "Track Worlds: Hammer ready to pass pursuit torch to Dygert | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  2. "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  3. "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Points Race". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
  4. "Cyclist Hammer wins silver". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
  5. "3-time Olympic cyclist Sarah Hammer retires from riding". USA TODAY. Retrieved 8 August 2021.


Records
Preceded by Women's 3000 metre individual pursuit
May 11, 2010 – March 3, 2018		 Succeeded by


This biographical article relating to American cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

  • v
  • t
  • e

На других языках

- [en] Sarah Hammer

[it] Sarah Hammer

Sarah Kathryn Hammer (Redondo Beach, 18 agosto 1983) è un'ex pistard statunitense, vincitrice di quattro medaglie d'argento ai Giochi olimpici, due a Londra 2012 e due a Rio de Janeiro 2016, e di otto titoli mondiali, cinque nell'inseguimento individuale, due nell'omnium e uno nell'inseguimento a squadre.


Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии