Nick Wammes (born October 21, 1999) is a Canadian

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

competing in the sprint events.

Career

At the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ...

, Peru, Wammes finished in ninth place in the individual sprint event. In July 2020, Wammes was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in the individual sprint and keirin events. In June 2024, Wammes was named to his second Olympic team.

Personal

Wammes was born in

London, Ontario London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River (Ontario), Thames River and N ...

and lists

Bothwell, Ontario Bothwell is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. Formerly an independent municipality within Kent County, the Town of Bothwell as well as the surrounding Zone Township were ...

as his hometown.

References

1999 births Canadian male cyclists Living people Sportspeople from London, Ontario Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Canada Cyclists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportsmen Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics {{Canada-cycling-bio-stub