Sarah Ulmer

Sarah Ulmer
	Sarah Ulmer (2014)
To person
Date of birth	March 14, 1976
nation	New Zealand
discipline	Railway (endurance) / road
To the team
Current team	End of career
function	driver
Most important successes
	Olympic games 2004 - one's pursuit UCI track world championships 2004 - one's pursuit
	Last updated: February 20, 2017

Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer , ONZM , (born March 14, 1976 in Auckland ) is a former New Zealand cyclist who was successful on track and road . On the track she was a specialist in tracking ; in this discipline she was Olympic and world champion.

Athletic career

Sarah Ulmer comes from a cycling family. Her grandfather Ron represented New Zealand at the British Empire Games in 1938 , and her father Gary, who also coached her, was New Zealand road and track champion.

In 1994, Ulm became Junior World Champion in the single pursuit and in the points race, after having become vice world champion in this discipline the year before. In 2002 she won the gold medal in the singles pursuit as team captain at the Commonwealth Games . In 2004 she became world champion . Also in 2004 she was Olympic champion in her specialty at the Olympic Games in Athens . She set a new world record with a time of 3: 24.537 minutes . She was the first New Zealander to win gold in cycling at the Olympic Games; she carried the New Zealand flag at the graduation ceremony.

After the Olympic Games in Athens, Sarah Ulmer switched her sporting focus to road cycling. In 2005 Ulmer was two-time New Zealand champion, in the road race and in the individual time trial . In the same year she won two titles at the Oceania Games in the same two disciplines. In 2006 she won the New Zealand Women's Tour . In 2007 she ended her cycling career; Since then she has been running her own company SUB (Sarah Ulmer Brand) for clothing, event organization and cycling. In 2008 she was a member of the New Zealand Olympic team in Beijing.

Honors

In 1994 Sarah Ulmer was named New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year . In 2005 she was named Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for her services to cycling . In 2004 she was honored with the Halberg Award for Deserved Athlete, in 2002 and 2004 with the Lonsdale Cup , an award from the New Zealand Olympic Committee.