Sarah Hammer
Sarah Hammer (2010) | |
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Full name | Sarah Kathryn Hammer |
Date of birth | August 18, 1983 |
nation | United States |
discipline | Track cycling (endurance) |
End of career | 2017 |
Most important successes | |
Last updated: September 20, 2017 |
Sarah Kathryn Hammer (born August 18, 1983 in Redondo Beach ) is a former American cyclist . She has been world champion in track cycling seven times and won two silver medals at the Olympic Games.
Sports career
On the initiative of her father Cliff, himself an avid cyclist, Sarah Hammer began cycling at the age of eight. In 1995 she was the first US champion in her age group. In 2001 she was both second in the single pursuit at the track world championships and the US championships in the individual time trial on the road, each with the juniors. In 2003 she retired from active cycling because she did not feel up to the pressure to perform.
Sarah Hammer felt motivated again by the reports about the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and returned to cycling. In 2005 she won two US titles and won several World Cup races . In 2006 and 2007 she finally became world champion in the single pursuit twice in a row, and in 2008 she was also second. In 2010 Sarah Hammer was able to win the world title in this discipline for the third time. At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , she finished fifth in the singles pursuit.
At the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Hammer won the silver medal in the team pursuit together with Dotsie Bausch and Lauren Tamayo . In 2013 she became the world champion in Omnium for the first time in Minsk and for the fifth time in the single pursuit. In 2016, Hammer won her seventh World Championship title, together with Kelly Catlin , Chloe Dygert and Jennifer Valente her first in the team pursuit. She won 14 medals at world championships, two Olympic silver medals and was twice Pan-American champion.
In 2016 Sarah Hammer was nominated for participation in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and won the silver medal in the Omnium. The following year she was runner-up in the points race . In September 2017 she announced her retirement from competitive cycling in order to concentrate on her work as a trainer.
Records
On May 12, 2010 Sarah Hammer set a new world record with 3: 22.269 minutes in the single pursuit over 3000 meters at the Pan American Cycling Championships in Aguascalientes, Mexico . She improved Sarah Ulmer's old record at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens by almost two seconds. Until then, Hammer held the US record in the pursuit, which she last improved to 3: 27.514 minutes in the World Cup race in Cali on November 12, 2009 .
One day later, on May 13, 2010, Hammer, together with her teammates Lauren Tamayo and Dotsie Bausch, set a new world record in the team pursuit with 3: 19.569 minutes . This meant that the Americans were almost two seconds faster than the New Zealand threesome in his world record during the 2010 Track World Cup in Copenhagen.
Others
Sara Hammer initiated the establishment of the American Women's Track Cycling Fund, which supports young athletes.
successes
- 2002
- Track Cycling World Cup in Sydney - points race
- 2005
- Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester - points race
- American champion - single pursuit, points race
- 2006
- World Champion - Single Pursuit
- Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Scratch, individual pursuit
- American champion - single chase, points race, scratch
- 2007
- World Champion - Single Pursuit
- Track cycling world cup in Los Angeles - scratch, single chase, points race
- American Champion - Team Pursuit (with Dotsie Bausch and Jennie Reed )
- 2008
- World Championship - Individual Pursuit
- 2010
- World Champion - Single Pursuit
- Track Cycling World Cup in Cali - Omnium
- 2011
- World Champion - Single Pursuit
- World Championship - Omnium, Team Pursuit (with Dotsie Bausch and Jennie Reed )
- Track Cycling World Cup in Manchester - Omnium
- Track Cycling World Cup in Cali - Omnium
- American Champion - Single Pursuit, Team Pursuit (with Dotsie Bausch and Jennie Reed )
- 2012
- Olympic Games - Omnium, Team Pursuit (with Dotsie Bausch and Lauren Tamayo )
- World Championship - Omnium
- Track Cycling World Cup in London - Omnium
- 2013
- World Champion - One Pursuit, Omnium
- Track Cycling World Cup in Aguascalientes - Omnium
- 2014
- World Champion - Omnium
- World Championship - Individual Pursuit
- Track Cycling World Cup in Los Angeles - Omnium
- 2015
- Pan American Champion - Omnium, Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Ruth Winder , Jennifer Valente )
- 2016
- World Champion - Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin , Chloe Dygert and Jennifer Valente )
- World Championship - Omnium
- 2017
- World Championship - points race
Teams
- 2002 Diet Rite
- 2003 Team T-Mobile
- 2006 Ouch Pro Cycling
- 2016 Twenty 16
Web links
- Sarah Hammer in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Sarah Hammer in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Sarah Hammer in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Keith Lair: Former Temecula resident Sarah Hammer among cycling favorites. In: pe.com. July 6, 2016, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Brandon Penna: Cyclist Sarah Hammer Wins 14th World Medal, Qualifies For Third Olympics. In: Team USA. March 6, 2016, accessed July 13, 2016 .
- ^ Olympic medalist Sarah Hammer retires at 34. In: Cycling News. September 18, 2017, accessed September 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Sarah Hammer pulverizes world record in single pursuit. In: radsport-news.com. May 12, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Hammer with a second fabulous world record within 24 hours. In: radsport-news.com. May 13, 2010. Retrieved September 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Sarah Hammer. In: velonews.com. July 11, 2012, accessed September 20, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Hammer, Sarah |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hammer, Sarah Kathryn |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1983 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Redondo Beach |