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Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional
National Criterium Championships
: 1st 
Overall Bay Classic Series
::1st Stage 1
;2022
: 1st Stage 5
Team pursuit
::1st Omnium
::3rd 
Madison (with Joshua Harrison)
;2014
: UCI World Junior Championships
::1st Team pursuit
::2nd 
Omnium
: Oceania Championships
::1st 
Team pursuit
::1st Madison
: National Championships
::2nd Team pursuit
::2nd Madison
::3rd Individual pursuit
::3rd Scratch
;2015
: 2nd 
Scratch, Oceania Championships
: National Championships
::2nd Points race
::2nd Scratch
::2nd Omnium
;2016
: 1st 
Individual pursuit, 
Team pursuit
::1st Points race
::3rd 
Omnium
: National Championships
::1st Madison
::1st Team pursuit
::1st Scratch
;2018
: 
Scratch
::1st Individual pursuit
::2nd Team sprint
: UCI World Cup
::1st Omnium, Berlin
::1st Team pursuit, Berlin
;2019
: Scratch
::1st Omnium
::1st Scratch
: National Championships
::2nd Madison
::3rd Team pursuit
: UCI World Cup
::2nd Madison (with Omnium
::1st Madison (with 
racing cyclist
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. Welsford qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien
Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . O'Brien qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Leigh Howard, Sam Weisford and Ale ...
, Leigh Howard
Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brie ...
and Alexander Porter
Alexander Porter (June 24, 1785January 13, 1844) was an attorney, politician, and planter, who served as United States Senator from Louisiana from 1833 to 1837. Born in Ireland, he emigrated in 1801 at the age of 16 to the United States. He ser ...
. 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.
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. After spending much of his career as a track specialist with occasional forays onto the road, Welsford signed withUCI WorldTeam
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...
in November 2021, for two years. He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2016. They took place in London in the Lee Valley VeloPark from 2–6 March 2016.
As the last major track cycling event prior to the 2016 Summer Ol ...
winning a gold medal. Welsford won the 2019 UCI Men's elite Scratch race
A scratch race is a track cycling race in which all riders start together and the objective is simply to be first over the finish line after a certain number of laps.
UCI regulations specify that a scratch race should be held over 15 km for E ...
world championships less than an hour after breaking the Men's team pursuit World Record in a time of 3 minutes 48.012 seconds.
Major results
Road
;2011 : 2ndTime trial In many racing sports, an athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athlete or team sets off at ...
, National Novice Championships
;2014
: 1st Stage 1 Goldfields Classic
;2016
: 2nd National Under-23 Criterium Championships
;2017
: 1st Overall Tour of Gippsland
::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
: 2nd Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
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;2018
: 1st Noosa International Criterium
: 2nd Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium
: 3rd National Under-23 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 National Criterium Championships
: 1st Overall Bay Classic Series
::1st Stage 1
;2022
: 1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey
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In 2005 the race became part of the UCI Europe Tour, UCI race classificat ...
: 3rd Scheldeprijs
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: 4th Bredene Koksijde Classic
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;2023
: Vuelta a San Juan
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::1st Stages 6 & 7
: 1st Grand Prix Criquielion
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: 2nd Scheldeprijs
The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tou ...
: 3rd Bredene Koksijde Classic
The Bredene Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen from ...
: 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
Track
;2013 : UCI World Junior Championships ::1st Team pursuit
::1st Omnium
::3rd Madison (with Joshua Harrison)
;2014
: UCI World Junior Championships
::1st Team pursuit
::2nd Omnium
: Oceania Championships
::1st Team pursuit
::1st Madison
: National Championships
::2nd Team pursuit
::2nd Madison
::3rd Individual pursuit
::3rd Scratch
;2015
: 2nd Scratch, Oceania Championships
: National Championships
::2nd Points race
::2nd Scratch
::2nd Omnium
;2016
: 1st Team pursuit
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Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, UCI World Championships
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: 1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
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: 2nd Team pursuit
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Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Olympic Games
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;2017
: 1st Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, UCI World Championships
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: Oceania Championships
::1st Team pursuit
::1st Points race
::3rd Omnium
: National Championships
::1st Madison
::1st Team pursuit
::1st Scratch
;2018
: Commonwealth Games
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::1st Scratch
::1st Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
: National Championships
::1st Individual pursuit
::2nd Team sprint
: UCI World Cup
::1st Omnium, Berlin
::1st Team pursuit, Berlin
;2019
: UCI World Championships
The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...
::1st Scratch
::1st Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
: Oceania Championships
::1st Omnium
::1st Scratch
: National Championships
::2nd Madison
::3rd Team pursuit
: UCI World Cup
::2nd Madison (with Kelland O'Brien
Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . O'Brien qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Leigh Howard, Sam Weisford and Ale ...
), Hong Kong
::3rd Madison (with Leigh Howard
Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. He qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in both the Men's Madison and Men's Team Pursuit. Howard was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brie ...
), Glasgow
: 2nd Six Days of Melbourne (with Cameron Scott)
: 3rd Six Days of Brisbane (with Cameron Scott)
;2020
: Oceania Championships
::1st Omnium
::1st Madison (with Kelland O'Brien
Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . O'Brien qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Leigh Howard, Sam Weisford and Ale ...
)
;2021
: 3rd Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
, Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Welsford, Sam 1996 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists from Perth, Western Australia Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Australia Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Australia Olympic bronze medalists for Australia Olympic medalists in cycling UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Australian track cyclists Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Western Australia