Olivia Podmore

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Olivia Podmore Road cycling
Olivia Podmore (2020)
Olivia Podmore (2020)
To person
Nickname Liv
birth date May 24, 1997
date of death August 9, 2021
nation New ZealandNew Zealand New Zealand
discipline rail
Driver type Short term / endurance
Most important successes
Oceania Championships
2019/20 OceaniaChampionJersey.png - 500 meter time trial
Track cycling world cup
2019 gold race in Cambridge - two-man team driving
Last updated: August 10, 2018

Olivia "Liv" Podmore (born May 24, 1997 in Christchurch , † August 9, 2021 in Cambridge ) was a New Zealand track cyclist .

Athletic career

In 2014 Olivia Podmore became a three-time New Zealand junior champion in scratch , keirin and 500 meter time trial . The following year she won her first international medals when she finished second in the team sprint and third in the 500-meter time trial with Emma Cumming at the Junior Track World Championships . Also in 2015, she won four junior titles at the Oceanic Cycling Championships. At the UCI Track World Championships in London in 2016 , she finished tenth in the team sprint together with Natasha Hansen .

In the same year Olivia Podmore was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro . In the sprint as well as in the keirin she finished 23rd, where she fell in the keirin competition in the first round. Together with Natasha Hansen, she finished ninth in the team sprint. In 2019 she won the two-man team race at the World Cup in Cambridge with Natasha Hansen , and she became Oceania champion in the 500-meter time trial. Although she qualified to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, she was not nominated.

Olivia Podmore died on August 9, 2021 at the age of 24. The cause of death is being investigated by a coroner.

successes

2014

  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand Junior Champion - Keirin, Scratch, 500m Time Trial

2015

2017

  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand Champion - Keirin

2017/18

  • silverOceania Championship - 500m Time Trial, Team Sprint (with Emma Cumming )

2018/19

  • silverOceania Championship - Keirin, Team Sprint (with Emma Cumming )
  • bronze Oceania Championship - 500 meter time trial

2019

2019/20

  • OceaniaChampionJersey.png Oceania champion - 500 meter time trial
  • silverOceania Championship - Sprint, Keirin, Team Sprint (with Ellesse Andrews )

2020

  • MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG New Zealand Champion - Sprint

Web links

Commons : Olivia Podmore  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Olympian cyclist Olivia Podmore's family mourn her sudden death. In: stuff.co.nz. August 9, 2021, accessed August 9, 2021 .
  2. ↑ Fleur Mealing: Olivia Podmore unfazed at Rio cycling crash as she approaches World Cup season. In: stuff.co.nz. September 19, 2016, accessed August 30, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Eddie Dawkins: cyclist Olivia Podmore's death was 'avoidable'. In: stuff.co.nz. August 10, 2021, accessed August 10, 2021 .
personal data
SURNAME Podmore, Olivia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Podmore, Liv (short name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand track cyclist
BIRTH DATE May 24, 1997
PLACE OF BIRTH Christchurch
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH Cambridge