Sarah Van Dam

Sarah Van Dam
Van Dam in 2024
Personal information
Born (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 22)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team information
Current teamDNA Pro Cycling
DisciplineTrack, Road
Professional team
2023–DNA Pro Cycling
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing  Canada
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima Elimination race
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima Omnium
Gold medal – first place 2022 Lima Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima Scratch
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Lima Points race

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]

Early life

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Van 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

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Van 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

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  1. ^ "Sarah Van Dam". Worldcyclingstats. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  2. ^ "Sarah Van Dam". wwww.olympic.ca. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  3. ^ "CANADIAN SPORT SCHOOL VICTORIA CYCLISTS BRING HOME AMAZING 18 MEDALS FROM 2018 CANADIAN JUNIOR TRACK CHAMPIONSHIPS". csipacific.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  4. ^ Evans, Oliver (15 February 2019). "Oli Asks: Sarah Van Dam mixes World Cups with midterms". Cyclingmagazine.ca. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Sarah Van Dam reachesSarah three golds in Lima, Canada reigns and reigns". copaci.org. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  6. ^ "VAN DAM SARAH". ucitrackchampionslesgue. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Hansen, Matt (25 June 2024). "Team Canada for Paris 2024 announced". www.cyclingmagazine.ca. Gripped Publishing Inc. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  9. ^ Moore, Sarah (25 June 2024). "Canada Announces Olympic Team for Paris 2024". www.pinkbike.com. Pinkbike.com. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  10. ^ Fenton, Caela (25 June 2024). "Team Canada cyclists ready to ride to glory at Paris 2024". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  11. ^ 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.
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