Sara Carrigan

Sara Carrigan
	Sara Carrigan 2008
To person
Date of birth	September 7, 1980
nation	Australia
discipline	Street
To the team
Current team	End of career
Most important successes
	Olympic games 2004 - road racing
	Last updated: September 25, 2016

Sara Carrigan (born September 7, 1980 in Gunnedah , Australia ) is a former Australian cyclist and current cycling trainer and official.

Athletic career

Sara Carrigan began competitive cycling at the age of 15; In 1997 she was part of the Australian national team for the first time at the Oceanic Cycling Championships. The following year she had her first international success when she finished fourth at the road world championships in the junior women’s road race . In 2001 she was third in the overall ranking of the Trophée d'Or Féminin and second in the Chrono Champenois - Trophée Européen .

At the UCI Road World Championships in 2002 in Zolder , Belgium , Carrigan finished fourth in the road. Two years later, at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens , she achieved the greatest success of her sporting career when she won the gold medal in the road race ahead of the German Judith Arndt . In 2006 she was third in the individual time trial at the Commonwealth Games . In 2008, she finished in the Olympic Games in Beijing ranked 38th in the road race. Then she ended her athletic career.

Professional and honors

Since ending her own sporting career, Sara Carrigan has held numerous positions in cycling. She works as a trainer for several clubs and writes columns. She is a member of the Olympic Council of Queensland and the Sport and Technical Committee for the 2018 Commonwealth Games , the Australian Gold Coast are held. In addition, she held and continues to hold numerous honorary positions and has been honored with numerous honors. In 2005 she received the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). In 2012 she was inducted into both the Queensland Sports Hall of Fame and the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame . In 2015 she became a member of the newly established Cycling Australia Hall of Fame .