Sam Webster (born 16 July 1991) is a former New Zealand

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. He was the sprint, keirin and team sprint World Champion at the 2009 Junior World Championships and New Zealand national track cycling champion. He won gold medals at the

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in the individual sprint and the team sprint.

Biography

Born in Auckland in 1991, Webster attended

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. Webster is a track cyclist competing in a variety of sprint disciplines. His palmarès include a gold medal at the January 2009

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in the men's sprint. At the Junior World Championship in August 2009 in Moscow, he won gold in the team sprint, Keirin and sprint. From the Junior World Championships, he moved into the elite category. Webster is a member of the New Zealand team sprint team that has made the consistent climb at the World Championships, from Bronze in

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( Melbourne), Silver in

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( Minsk) and Gold in

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(

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, Colombia), claiming their first World Champions rainbow jersey in the elite ranks. At the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi, Webster raced his way to Bronze in the sprint and Silver in the team sprint but suffered a big crash in the team sprint in the race for gold. At the

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, he won alongside Eddie Dawkins and Ethan Mitchell a silver medal in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Sprint. At the

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, Webster won Gold in the team sprint event alongside Ethan Mitchell and Eddie Dawkins. On 9 November 2022, Webster announced his retirement from cycling.

Major results

;2009 :1st Sprint,

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:1st Keirin,

:1st Team Sprint,

:2nd Keirin,

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:3rd Team sprint,

;2010 :1st Sprintmeeting, Cottbus (August) :1st Sprintmeeting, Dudenhofen (September) :1st Sprintmeeting, Darmstadt (September) :2nd Team Sprint,

, Delhi :2nd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne :3rd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Cali :3rd Sprint,

, Delhi :3rd Keirin, New Zealand National Championships :6th Keirin, UCI Track World Championships, Copenhagen ;2012 :3rd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Melbourne ;2013 :2nd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Minsk ;2014 :1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Cali :1st Sprint,

, Glasgow :1st Team Sprint, 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow ;2015 :2nd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Yvelines ;2016 :1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, London :2nd Team Sprint,

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, Rio de Janeiro ;2017 :1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Hong Kong ;2018 :1st Team Sprint,

, Gold Coast :1st Sprint, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast

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