Sarah Van Dam (born 4 December 2001) is a Canadian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team DNA Pro Cycling.[1][2]
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| Born | 4 December 2001 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | DNA Pro Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track, Road | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023– | DNA Pro Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editVan Dam began cycle racing in 2013 and attended Tripleshot Youth Cycling Club. She attended Oak Bay High School and the Canadian Sport School Victoria. She won seven national junior titles at the 2018 Canadian Junior Track Championships held in Milton, Ontario. She also made the podium at the Canadian junior road championships. In 2019, aged 17 years-old, she joined Trek Red Truck Racing.[3][4]
Career
editVan Dam won four gold medals at the 2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Lima, Peru in 2022, winning gold in the Madison, omnium, team pursuit and elimination race.[5] She represented Canada at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October 2022, at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.[6] In November 2022, at the same track in France she was involved in a crash involving Lea Lin Teutenberg and Rachele Barbieri which left her having to pull a sizeable wooden splinter from her arm.[7] In July 2024, Van Dam qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in track cycling.[8][9][10][11]
References
edit- ^ "Sarah Van Dam". Worldcyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Van Dam". wwww.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "CANADIAN SPORT SCHOOL VICTORIA CYCLISTS BRING HOME AMAZING 18 MEDALS FROM 2018 CANADIAN JUNIOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". csipacific.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ Evans, Oliver (15 February 2019). "Oli Asks: Sarah Van Dam mixes World Cups with midterms". Cyclingmagazine.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "Sarah Van Dam reachesSarah three golds in Lima, Canada reigns and reigns". copaci.org. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
- ^ "VAN DAM SARAH". ucitrackchampionslesgue. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ "SARAH VAN DAM SHOWS OFF HUGE SPLINTER SHE PULLED FROM ARM AFTER CRASH AT UCI TRACK CHAMPIONS LEAGUE". Eurosport. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ^ Hansen, Matt (25 June 2024). "Team Canada for Paris 2024 announced". www.cyclingmagazine.ca. Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Moore, Sarah (25 June 2024). "Canada Announces Olympic Team for Paris 2024". www.pinkbike.com. Pinkbike.com. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Fenton, Caela (25 June 2024). "Team Canada cyclists ready to ride to glory at Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (25 June 2024). "Island cyclists Attwell, Van Dam named to Canadian team for Paris Olympics". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
External links
edit- Sarah Van Dam at Cycling Archives
- Sarah Van Dam at ProCyclingStats
- Sarah Van Dam at CycleBase
- Sarah Van Dam at Olympics.com
- Sarah Van Dam at Team Canada
