Sarah Hammer
Hammer competing at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Sarah Kathryn Hammer | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1983-08-18) August 18, 1983 (age 40) United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sarah Kathryn Hammer (born August 18, 1983) is a former American professional racing cyclist and four-times Olympic silver medalist. With eight world championships, she has been called, "America's most decorated track athlete."[1] Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.
Career
Hammer is five-times a champion (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 & 2013) in the individual pursuit and twice a champion (2013 & 2014) in the omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Hammer finished fifth overall in the individual pursuit and did not finish in the points race.[2][3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hammer won a team silver medal in the Women's team pursuit, as well as an individual silver medal in the women's omnium.[4]
Hammer held the world record in the 3000 m individual pursuit from 2010 until it was broken by Chloé Dygert in 2018.
Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.[5]
Major results
- 2013
- Los Angeles Grand Prix
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Team Pursuit (with Kimberly Geist, Jennifer Valente and Ruth Winder)
- 2014
- 1st Omnium, Los Angeles Grand Prix
- 2015
- Pan American Track Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Ruth Winder and Jennifer Valente)
- Pan American Games
- 1st Omnium
- 2nd Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Lauren Tamayo, Ruth Winder and Jennifer Valente)
- Independence Day Grand Prix
- 1st Individual Pursuit
- 1st Points Race
- 1st Scratch Race
- 1st Omnium, Marymoor Grand Prix
- 2nd Omnium, Grand Prix of Colorado Springs
- 2017
- Belgian International Track Meeting
- 1st Points Race
- 3rd Scratch Race
- 2nd Points race, UCI World Track Championships
References
- ^ "Track Worlds: Hammer ready to pass pursuit torch to Dygert | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Points Race". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
- ^ "Cyclist Hammer wins silver". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
- ^ "3-time Olympic cyclist Sarah Hammer retires from riding". USA TODAY. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
External links
- Official web site of Sarah Hammer
- Sarah Hammer at Cycling Archives
- Sarah Hammer at the United States Olympic Committee
- Sarah Hammer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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Preceded by | Women's 3000 metre individual pursuit May 11, 2010 – March 3, 2018 | Succeeded by |
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- 1958: Ludmilla Kotchetova
- 1959–60: Beryl Burton
- 1961: Yvonne Reynders
- 1962–63: Beryl Burton
- 1964–65: Yvonne Reynders
- 1966: Beryl Burton
- 1967: Tamara Garkushina
- 1968–69: Raisa Obodovskaya
- 1970–74: Tamara Garkushina
- 1975–76: Keetie van Oosten-Hage
- 1977: Vera Kuznezova
- 1978–79: Keetie van Oosten-Hage
- 1980–81: Nadezhda Kibardina
- 1982: Rebecca Twigg
- 1983: Connie Carpenter-Phinney
- 1984–85: Rebecca Twigg
- 1986: Jeannie Longo
- 1987: Rebecca Twigg
- 1988–89: Jeannie Longo
- 1990: Leontien van Moorsel
- 1991: Petra Rossner
- 1993: Rebecca Twigg
- 1994: Marion Clignet
- 1995: Rebecca Twigg
- 1996: Marion Clignet
- 1997: Judith Arndt
- 1998: Lucy Tyler-Sharman
- 1999: Marion Clignet
- 2000: Yvonne McGregor
- 2001–03: Leontien van Moorsel
- 2004: Sarah Ulmer
- 2005: Katie Mactier
- 2006–07: Sarah Hammer
- 2008: Rebecca Romero
- 2009: Alison Shanks
- 2010–11: Sarah Hammer
- 2012: Alison Shanks
- 2013: Sarah Hammer
- 2014: Joanna Rowsell
- 2015–16: Rebecca Wiasak
- 2017–18: Chloé Dygert Owen
- 2019: Ashlee Ankudinoff
- 2020: Chloé Dygert
- 2021: Lisa Brennauer
- 2022: Franziska Brauße
- 2023: Chloé Dygert
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