Sam Welsford

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Sam Welsford
UCI Track World Championships 2020 038.jpg
Welsford in 2020
Personal information
Full nameSam Welsford
Born (1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 26)
Perth, Western Australia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam DSM
Discipline
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Professional teams
2018–2019ACA–Ride Sunshine Coast
2022–Team DSM
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 London Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2017 Hong Kong Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2019 Pruszków Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Scratch race

Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist.[1] Welsford qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Leigh Howard and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Welsford also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.[2]

Biography[]

Welsford's father was a keen cyclist, and Sam began joining him on rides when he was seven. Welsford worked hard at his cycling and won team pursuit junior world titles in 2013 and 2014.[3]

After spending much of his career as a track specialist with occasional forays onto the road, Welsford signed with UCI WorldTeam Team DSM in November 2021, for two years.[4] He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a gold medal.[5][6] Welsford won the 2019 UCI Men's elite Scratch race world championships less than an hour after breaking the Men's team pursuit World Record in a time of 3 minutes 48.012 seconds.[7]

Major results[]

Track[]

2013
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team Pursuit
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Omnium
3rd Madison
2014
UCI Junior Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team Pursuit
2nd Omnium
Oceania Continental Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team Pursuit
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Madison
Adelaide Cycling Grand Prix
1st Scratch race
2nd Points race
South Australian Track Classic
1st Scratch race
1st Points race
National Track Championships
2nd Team Pursuit
2nd Madison
3rd Individual Pursuit
3rd Scratch race
2015
2nd Scratch race, Oceania Continental Track Championships
National Track Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch race
2nd Omnium
3rd Adelaide Cycling Grand Prix
2016
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
2nd Silver medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2017
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit, UCI Track World Championships
Oceania Continental Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team Pursuit
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Points race
3rd Omnium
National Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Madison
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team Pursuit
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Scratch race
2018
Commonwealth Games
1st Gold medal blank.svg Scratch race
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team pursuit
National Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Individual Pursuit
2nd Team Sprint
UCI Track World Cup – Berlin
1st Omnium
1st Team Pursuit
2019
UCI Track World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Scratch race
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team pursuit
Oceania Continental Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Omnium
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Scratch race
National Track Championships
2nd Madison
3rd Team Pursuit
UCI Track World Cup – Madison
2nd Hong Kong
2nd Glasgow
2nd Melbourne Six Days
3rd Brisbane Six Days
2020
Oceania Continental Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Omnium
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Madison
2021
3rd Bronze medal olympic.svg Team pursuit, Olympic Games

Road[]

2011
2nd Time trial, National Novice Road Championships
2014
1st Stage 1 Goldfields Classic
2016
2nd Under-23 race, National Criterium Championships
2017
1st Overall Tour of Gippsland
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
2nd Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
2018
1st Noosa International Criterium
2nd Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium
3rd Under-23 race, National Criterium Championships
3rd Overall Tour of the King Valley
1st Stage 2
4th Overall Tour of the Great South Coast
1st Stage 3
2019
1st Wal Smith Memorial - Casterton 50
1st Stage 1 Tour of the Riverland
3rd Overall Tour of the Great South Coast
1st Stages 1 & 3
2020
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG National Criterium Championships
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stage 1

References[]

  1. ^ "Sam Welsford AUS Team RIO 2016". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Leigh HOWARD". Olympics.com. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Sam Welsford". Australian Olympic Committee (in Australian English). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Sam Welsford signs with Team DSM for two years". Cycling News. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  5. ^ Start list
  6. ^ Final Results
  7. ^ "Welsford wins two golds within 30 minutes at UCI Track Cycling World Championships". www.insidethegames.biz. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

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