Ashlee Ankudino倀ࠃ - Australian Olympic Committee

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Ashlee Ankudino倀ࠃ - Australian Olympic Committee
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Ashlee Ankudinoff | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O倀ऄcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Ashlee Ankudino倀ࠃ
Athlete Biography
After just missing out on selection for the London 2012 Olympic Games, Ashlee Ankudino倀ࠃ’s
determination to realise her Olympic dream has paid o倀ࠃ with the Sydney cyclist to make her
Olympic debut in Rio in the women’s team pursuit.
A dual junior World Champion in 2008, Ankudino倀ࠃ progressed to the elite ranks where she claimed
bronze at the 2009 World Championships before claiming Australia’s 倀茂rst ever women’s team
pursuit world title (with Tomic and Kent) in 2010.
Ankudino倀ࠃ made her Commonwealth Games debut in 2010 where she competed in both the
individual pursuit (9th) and scratch race (7th).
A silver and bronze at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships was followed by some history at
the 2015 event. Ankudino倀ࠃ lined up alongside Rio 2016 teammates Melissa Hoskins, Annette
Edmondson and Amy Cure in the team pursuit where the quartet not only won gold but broke the
world record to end Britain’s four-year dominance of the event. In 2016, the team 倀茂nished 倀茂fth.
O倀ࠃ the track Ankudino倀ࠃ is studying a Bachelor of Sports Business at the Australian College of
Physical Education.
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Ashlee Ankudinoff | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Team Pursuit Women
Nickname Ash
Height 174
Weight 67
Age 25
Born Greenacre, NSW, Australia
Lives Menai, NSW, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut.
Recent Performances
5th (team pursuit) - 2016 World Championships (London, UK)
1st (team pursuit) – 2015/16 World Cup (Cambridge, New Zealand)
1st (team pursuit) - 2015 World Championships (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France)
2nd (team pursuit) – 2014/15 World Cup (London, UK)
2nd (team pursuit) – 2013 World Championships (Minsk, Belarus)
Career Highlights
Winning the 2010 team pursuit world championship in Denmark.
Becoming World Team Pursuit World Champion and World Record Holder in 2015
Winning Individual Pursuit bronze at the 2012 World Championships
Education
Primary Menai Primary School (NSW, Australia)
Secondary Kirrawee High School (NSW, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Sports Business - Australian College of Physical Education (2009 - current)
Training
Coach Gary Sutton (2007- current) Brad Mcgee (2012 - current)
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Secondary Training Base Netherlands
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Q&A
Favourite food Japanese
Favourite holiday destination Hawaii
Favourite music Anything with a good beat
Dream car Black sport land rover with cream leather interior.
Star Sign Leo
I would spend my last $10 on Chocolate
Tattoos/Piercings Nose piercing 2 piercings in each ear
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Soccer or Rowing
Most In倀霂uential person in your career/life My mum
Why this sport? Love the social aspect of riding and also the thrill of riding on a 40+ degree track
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Georgia Baker | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Georgia Baker
Athlete Biography
Georgia Baker’s Olympic dream will come true in Rio after the 21-year-old was selected as a part of
the team pursuit team for the 2016 Games.
Having tried a number of sports as a youngster including swimming, netball and taekwondo, Baker
turned to cycling after participating in a sports testing program at her primary school. She would
later be identi崲쓭ed as a potential track star by the Tasmanian Institute of Sport.
She was a part Australia’s back-to-back U19 world title wins in 2011 and 2012 as highlighted her
credentials as a future track cycling star. She also claimed a gold and silver medal in the nonOlympic scratch race across the two events.
Baker claimed Oceania gold in the Omnium event at the 2016 Oceania Championships and also
took out the non-Olympic individual pursuit title.
The Tasmanian lined up at her 崲쓭rst senior World Championships in 2016 where she competed
alongside Rio 2016 teammates Annette Edmondson, Amy Cure and Ashlee Ankudino㋭ჭ. The quartet
quali崲쓭ed fourth fastest for the 崲쓭rst round but went down to the eventual gold medallists USA.
They went on to overlap Italy to 崲쓭nish 崲쓭fth.
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Georgia Baker | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Team Pursuit Women
Nickname G
Age 21
Born Launceston, TAS, Australia
Lives Perth, TAS, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
5th (team pursuit) - 2016 World Championships (London, UK)
1st (Omnium) 1st (individual pursuit) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Invercargill, New Zealand)
1st (team pursuit) - 2015 World Cup (Cambridge, New Zealand)
Career Highlights
Winning three Junior World Track Championships (2x Teams Pursuit & 1x Scratch Race)
2015 Teams Pursuit World Cup Champions - New Zealand. This was the 崲쓭rst time I had raced
with the 'A' team so to win was a major highlight for me.
1st in General Classi崲쓭cation - National Road Series - 2015 Tour of the King Valley
Education
Primary Perth Primary School (TAS, Australia)
Secondary Years 7-10: Scotch Oakburn College (TAS, Australia) Years 11-12: Launceston
College (TAS, Australia)
Training
Coach Matthew Gilmore 2013 - 2016, Ian McKenzie 2015 - 2016, Gary Sutton 2015-2016
Club Longford Esk Cycling Club
Institute/Academy Cycling Australia High Performance & Tasmanian Institute of Sport
Primary Training Base Tasmania (Perth & Launceston)
Secondary Training Base Adelaide
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Georgia Baker | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Q&A
Superstition/s I always wear my necklace when I race - I makes me feel like my dad is always with
me.
Favourite food Raspberry & White Chocolate Cheesecake
Favourite holiday destination My favourite would be Queensland (Goldcoast) and camping with
my family at the Nile River, Evandale TAS.
Favourite music I listen to lots of di㋭ჭerent genres but mainly whatever is hot at the time.
Dream car Mercedes
Personal Motto I try to live each day as if it's the last.
Star Sign Virgo
I would spend my last $10 on Thats a tough one - probably some type of food :p
Tattoos/Piercings Only my ears pierced - no meaning
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Volleyball
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Kurt Fearnley - Gold in the Marathon 2008 Beijing
Paralympic Games
First Olympic Memory? I remember watching the Olympics on TV with my family and I used to
have my own spreadsheet and record all the medals that Australia had won and what events they
were in.
Most In蝪鬴uential person in your career/life My Dad.
Why this sport? I love the adrenaline rush you get when racing in the Velodrome. I love the
toughness of the sport and being rewarded for the hard work you have put in.
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Jack Bobridge | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Jack Bobridge
Athlete Biography
At 19, Jack Bobridge made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Games where he lined up in the
team pursuit. Alongside Brad McGee, Mark Jamieson and Luke Roberts, Australia quali倀茂ed third
fastest before New Zealand edged them in the bronze medal 倀茂nal.
An emerging talent on both the track and the road, by his second Olympic Games he had already
won an U/23 road time trial world title (2009), four senior track world titles (individual pursuit and
teams pursuit - 2010 and 2011), two Commonwealth Games gold medals (individual pursuit, team
pursuit - 2010), which he would go on to defend in 2014, and the 2011 Australian Road Race
Championship.
He teamed up with Glenn O’Shea, Rohan Dennis and Michael Hepburn in the team pursuit at the
London 2012 Games. The quartet quali倀茂ed second fastest and progressed to the gold medal race
with Great Britain. With a partisan home crowd behind them, the British broke their own world
record to claim gold as Australia 倀茂nished with silver.
Bobridge was a part of the 2015 World Championship team that won bronze in Paris while he also
claimed silver in the non-Olympic individual pursuit. He was not a part of the 2016 team that won
gold in London after focusing on the road season.
His ability on the road was highlighted in early 2016 when he claimed the road race at the
Australian Championships. He returned to train with the team pursuit team in April.
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Jack Bobridge | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s 4000m Team Pursuit Men
Height 180
Weight 65
Born Modbury, SA, Australia
Age 27
Lives Evanston Gardens, SA, Australia
Associated Olympians
Patrick Constable
Ashlee Ankudino倀ࠃ
Michael Hepburn
Sam Welsford
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Career Highlights
Breaking the World Record in the individual pursuit at the 2011 Australian Track Championships
in Sydney to become Australian Champion
Winning silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Education
Primary Blakeview Primary (SA, Australia)
Secondary Craigmore Christian School (SA, Australia)
Training
Coach Mark Quod (2010 - current)
Primary Training Base Girona, Spain
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Jack Bobridge | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Secondary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Seafood
Favourite holiday destination Tropical beaches
Favourite music Everything
Dream car BMW M3
Personal Motto Live life
Star Sign Cancer
Tattoos/Piercings 3 tattoos, one is meaningful to my twin brother and I between my shoulder
blades
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Patrick Constable | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Patrick Constable
Athlete Biography
Having picked up a 㡮yer at the 2010 Tour Down Under, former surf lifesaver Pat Constable got into
track cycling via the South Australian Institute of Sport talent identiᩏ傖cation program and has never
looked back. He will now get the chance to compete at his ᩏ傖rst Olympic Games in Rio.
He was a part of Australia’s team sprint trio that claimed U19 gold at the 2013 Junior World
Championships. Constable made the transition to senior competition and secured a number of top
ten ᩏ傖nishes in Australia and New Zealand throughout 2014.
Constable secured an AIS scholarship in late 2015 and began making rapid improvements that put
him in the frame for Rio selection. Lining up with Rio teammate Matt Glaetzer and Jai
Angsuthasawit for South Australia, he won his ᩏ傖rst senior national title in the team sprint.
The 20-year-old proved he could match it with the world’s best when he won his ᩏ傖rst World Cup
gold medal to start the Olympic year. Constable defeated defending Olympic gold medallist Jason
Kenny in the semi-ᩏ傖nal before defeating China’s Xu Chao in the Hong Kong ᩏ傖nal.
At his ᩏ傖rst senior World Championships, just months out from Rio, he combined with Rio 2016
teammates Matt Glaetzer and Nathan Hart in the team sprint. The trio went within 0.001 seconds
of racing o‫ﰰ‬ for bronze but instead ᩏ傖nished in ᩏ傖fth.
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Patrick Constable | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Keirin Men, Sprint Men, Team Sprint
Men
Nickname Pat
Height 183
Weight 95
Age 21
Born Marion, SA, Australia
Lives Marion, SA, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
5th (team sprint) – 2016 Track Cycling World Championships (London, Great Britain)
1st (sprint) 4th (team sprint) – 2016 UCI Track World Cup (Hong Kong, China)
2nd (team sprint) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Invercargill, New Zealand)
1st (team sprint) – 2016 Australian Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
3rd (team sprint) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Adelaide, Austrralia)
Career Highlights
Winning the sprint at the World Cup 3 event in Hong Kong
9.95 㡮ying 200m qualifying at the Oceania Championships
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Education
Primary Christ the King R-5, South Australia, Australia
Secondary Sacred Heart College, South Australia, Australia
Training
Coach Gary West (2015-current)
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Patrick Constable | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Club Kilkenny Cycling Club, SA, Australia
Institute/Academy South Australian Sports Institute
Primary Training Base Adelaide, South Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Italian
Favourite music Rap/Hip Hop
Dream car Mercedes AMG
Star Sign Cancer
I would spend my last $10 on Co‫ﰰ‬ee
Tattoos/Piercings I've got a tall ship tattoo'd on my forearm, I just liked the look of it! I've also got
the latin words 'Solum Pro Victroia' on my ribs, It means 'Only For Victory'
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Rowing
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Anna Meares & Shane Perkins in London 2012
First Olympic Memory? Watching Sydney 2000 when I was only 5!
Most Inuential person in your career/life Too many to list! possibly my friend and past coach
Jason Niblett
Why this sport? I've grown to love it. Who knows how fast I can go!
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Amy Cure | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Amy Cure
Athlete Biography
At just 23, Tasmanian Amy Cure is already a multiple world champion, a dual Commonwealth Games
medallist and is set to head to her second Olympic Games in Rio.
Cure established herself as one of Australia's future stars claiming multiple junior national track
and road titles, along with gold medals and world records at the Junior World Track Championships
in 2009 and 2010. She nished 8th in the omnium and 4th in the team pursuit as she made her
senior World Championship debut in 2011.
A year later she was selected for her debut Olympic Games in London, however such was the depth
in Australia’s team pursuit team, Cure unfortunately did not get a ride.
Cure claimed her rst elite World Championship title in 2012 in the points race, a non-Olympic
event. In the team pursuit in 2013, she won silver before claiming bronze in the 2014 event. She
went on to secure a silver and bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the non-Olympic
scratch race and individual pursuit.
Cure was a part of history at the 2015 World Championships when she lined up alongside Rio 2016
teammates Ashlee Ankudino , Annette Edmondson and Melissa Hoskins in the team pursuit. The
quartet not only won gold but broke the world record, ending Britain’s four-year dominance of the
event.
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Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Team Pursuit Women
Nickname Aims
Height 172
Weight 63
Age 23
Born Burnie, TAS, Australia
Lives Penguin, TAS, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 4th (Team Pursuit)
2009 Sydney - 1st (Scratch Race), 1st (Points Race) Australian Youth Olympic Festival
Recent Performances
5th (team pursuit) - 2016 World Championships (London, UK)
1st (team pursuit) – 2015/16 World Cup (Cambridge, New Zealand)
1st (team pursuit) - 2015 World Championships (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France)
2nd (team pursuit) – 2014/15 World Cup (London, UK)
3rd (team pursuit) - 2014 World Championships (Cali, Colombia)
Career Highlights
World Championships France 2015 - Gold and world record - Women's Team Pursuit
London 2012 Olympian
Commonwealth Games
Education
Primary Leighland Christian School - Burnie
Secondary Leighland Christian School - Ulverstone
Training
Coach Gary Sutton (2010 - current) Ian McKenzie (2014 - current)
Club Mersey Valley Devonport Cycling Club
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Institute/Academy Tasmanian Institute of Sport
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Secondary Training Base Antwerp, Belgium
Q&A
Favourite food Smashed Avocado on toast with smoked salmon and a poached egg.
Favourite music Acoustic
Dream car Porsche Panemera
Personal Motto It's nding that one positive out of every negative that makes us stronger
Star Sign Capricorn
Tattoos/Piercings tattoo on my ribs" It's nding that one positive out of every negative that
makes us stronger"
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Skiing
First Olympic Memory? Ian Thorpe winning all his golds.
Most In瀅uential person in your career/life
Why this sport? Because I love it
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Alex Edmondson | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Alex Edmondson
Athlete Biography
After being selected to make his Olympic debut in 2012, Alex Edmondson did not get a ride at the
London Games due to the depth in the men’s pursuit team who went on to claim silver. With four
more years of experience in the saddle, Edmondson is now set to be one of the key riders in the
team pursuit team in Rio.
Edmondson was identi䘀쐂ed by the South Australian Sports Institute as a potential star of the future
having started in downhill mountain biking. He became a dual Junior World Championship gold
medallist in 2011 and also made his 䘀쐂rst senior Australian team in the same year.
Not long after the London 2012 Games, Edmondson began to become a regular in the team pursuit
team. Success soon followed with the South Australian a part of the 2013 and 2014 World
Championship winning teams while he also became world champion in the non-Olympic individual
pursuit for the 䘀쐂rst time in 2014.
After 䘀쐂nishing with bronze in the team pursuit in 2015, Edmondson was not a part of the 2016
team that claimed the title back for Australia to focus on his professional road team. Alike many of
his endurance track cycling teammates, Edmondson splits his time between the track and the road.
Alex Edmondson is one of eight sets of siblings on the Australian Olympic Team for Rio 2016. As
was the case in London, Alex’s sister Annette is also on the Team. A multiple world championship
winner herself, Annette will compete in the team pursuit and Omnium in Rio.
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Alex Edmondson | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s 4000m Team Pursuit Men
Nickname Edmo
Height 184
Age 22
Weight 76
Born Miri, Malaysia
Olympic Information
2012 London - (Team Pursuit)
Recent Performances
1st (team pursuit) – 2015/16 World Cup (Cambridge, New Zealand)
3rd (team pursuit) - 2015 World Championships (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France)
1st (team pursuit) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, UK)
1st (team pursuit) – 2014 World Championships (Cali, Colombia)
1st (team pursuit) - 2014 Australian Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
Career Highlights
Winning the Under 23 Tour of Flanders in Belgium, 2015
Making the Australian team for the London Olympics at 18 years of age
Winning the Individual Pursuit at the 2014 Cycling World Championships, Cali, Colombia
Education
Primary Victor Harbor R - 7 School, SA, Australia
Secondary Marden Senior College, SA, Australia
Training
Coach Tim Decker (2009 - current)
Club Central Districts Cycling Cycling, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Institute/Academy South Australian Sports Institute
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Alex Edmondson | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Secondary Training Base Gavirate, Italy
Q&A
Superstition/s I have to shave my legs 2 days before competition
Favourite food Roth Cani
Favourite holiday destination Co䘀朄n Bay
Favourite music Depends on the mood but can't stand heavy metal
Dream car Lamborghini Aventador
Personal Motto Pain is temporary but success lasts a life time, so su䘀䤃er today and live the rest of
your life as a champion!
Star Sign Cancer
I would spend my last $10 on Cheese cake
Tattoos/Piercings Nothing
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Snowboarding in the Winter Olympics
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman winning the 200m 2000
First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman winning 200m, Sydeny, 2000
Most In䘀uential person in your career/life Shane kelly
Why this sport? I just love it!
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Annette Edmondson | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Annette Edmondson
Athlete Biography
Olympic bronze medallist Annette Edmondson will compete at her second Olympic Games having
proven herself as one of the world’s best riders since her Olympic debut. Now 24, Edmondson
began cycling at 13 having been identi䘀쐂ed by the South Australian Sports Institute as having the
physical attributes of a cyclist and she has never looked back.
Edmondson won multiple junior World Championship medals before she 䘀쐂nished with silver at her
䘀쐂rst senior World Championships in 2012 as a part of the team pursuit. Soon after she was selected
for her 䘀쐂rst Olympic Team and was hoping to go one better in London. The team missed the gold
medal race o䘀䤃 by less than a tenth of a second and eventually 䘀쐂nished fourth . Edmondson
bounced back in the Omnium event, 䘀쐂nishing in the top four in 䘀쐂ve of the six events to win bronze.
After a silver and four bronze medals between the 2013 and 2014 World Championships,
Edmondson became a dual world champion in 2015. Lining up alongside Ashlee Ankudino䘀䤃, Amy
Cure and Melissa Hoskins, the quartet broke the world record by almost three seconds to win gold
and ensure they ended Britain’s four-year dominance of the event. She would back up to claim her
䘀쐂rst Omnium title by a healthy 16 point margin over London 2012 gold medallist Laura Trott.
Despite colliding with a car and being hospitalised just a fortnight out from the 2016 World
Championships, Edmondson was not going to miss the crucial Rio 2016 lead-in event.
Unfortunately the crash ensured she was below her best and she 䘀쐂nished 䘀쐂fth in both the team
pursuit and Omnium in London.
Following the London Games, Edmondson began to split her time riding on the track and riding on
the road. Across three Road World Championships she has 䘀쐂nished with a silver, bronze and fourth
place 䘀쐂nish in the team time trial event. She will be one of eight sets of siblings in Rio, with her
brother Alex also a strong medal chance with the men’s team pursuit team.
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Annette Edmondson | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Cycling - Track
Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Omnium Women, Team Pursuit
Nickname Nettie
Women
Height 171
Age 24
Weight 65
Born Adelaide, SA, Australia
Lives Adelaide, SA, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 3rd (Omnium); 4th (Team Pursuit)
Recent Performances
5th (team pursuit) 5th (omnium) - 2016 World Championships (London, UK)
1st (team pursuit) 1st (omnium) – 2015/16 World Cup (Cambridge, New Zealand)
1st (team pursuit) 1st (omnium) - 2015 World Championships (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines,
France)
2nd (team pursuit) - 2015 Australian Championships
3rd (team pursuit) - 2014 World Championships (Cali, Colombia)
Career Highlights
2012 London Olympic Bronze Medal
2015 World Champion in both the Omnium and Team Pursuit
Team Pursuit World Record in 2015
Education
Primary Victor Harbor Primary School & St John's Grammar School (SA, Australia)
Secondary St John's Grammar School (SA, Australia)
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Annette Edmondson | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Training
Coach Gary Sutton (2011 - current)
Institute/Academy SASi
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Q&A
Superstition/s No new shoes on tables
Favourite food Roast lamb
Favourite holiday destination Lombok, Indonesia
Favourite music The Beautiful Girls
Dream car A yellow one
Personal Motto Be the change you wish to see in the world Everything will be alright in the end. If
it's not alright, it's not the end.
Star Sign Sagittarius
I would spend my last $10 on A Kit Kat Chunky
Tattoos/Piercings 2 piercings in each ear
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Soccer
First Olympic Memory? Cathy Freeman's Gold in 2000
Most In䘀uential person in your career/life My parents
Why this sport? A Talent Search Program told me to
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Matt Glaetzer | AUS Team | Rio 2016
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Matt Glaetzer
Athlete Biography
One of the world’s fastest track cyclists, Matt Glaetzer will be aiming to climb onto the podium in
Rio after just missing out on a medal when on his Olympic debut at the London 2012 Games.
Glaetzer began competitive track cycling when he was 16, after trying out triathlon and enjoying
the bike leg. He began to excel on the track and by 2010 was a dual junior world champion in 2010.
At his second senior World Championships in 2011 he helped the Australian team sprint team claim
a stunning victory when, alongside Scott Sunderland and Shane Perkins in the team sprint, they
knocked o￱ the French team by 0.001 seconds.
His Olympic dream was realised when alongside Sunderland and Perkins he lined up in the team
sprint at the London 2012 Games. The trio quali￱ed third fastest (43.377 seconds) before defeating
China in the ￱rst round with their fourth fastest time seeing them move through to the bronze
medal race. However, Germany proved too strong beating the Australians by 0.146 seconds.
Glaetzer added Commonwealth Games gold (keirin) and bronze (team sprint) to his growing list of
achievements in 2014 and has steadily built towards the Olympic year. At the 2016 World
Championships, Glaetzer proved he can push for gold in Rio. Adter qualifying fastest in the ￱ying
200m in the sprint, he progressed through the ￱eld to set up a ￱nal against local favourite Jason
Kenny. In a tight encounter, Glaetzer lost the deciding heat, but won win silver to claim his ￱rst
individual World Championship medal. Alongside Rio teammates Nathan Hart and Pat Constable
the trio ￱nished ￱fth in the team event, missing the medal rounds by just one millisecond.
In his ￱nal competition before Rio, Glaetzer set the fastest time ever on Australian soil in the ￱ying
200m when qualifying for the sprint at the International Track Series in Melbourne. Glaetzer
clocked a world class time of 9.793 seconds before going on to win the competition.
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Cycling - Track
Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Keirin Men, Sprint Men, Team Sprint
Nickname Matt
Men
Height 190
Weight 86
Age 23
Lives Adelaide, SA, Australia
Born Adelaide, SA, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 4th (Team Sprint)
Recent Performances
2nd (sprint), 5th (team sprint), 13th (keirin) – 2016 Track Cycling World Championships (London,
Great Britain)
1st (sprint), 1st (keirin), 2nd (team sprint) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Invercargill, New
Zealand)
1st (sprint), 1st (team sprint) – 2016 Australian Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
5th (sprint), 6th (team sprint) – 2015 Track Cycling World Championships (Saint-Quentin-EnYvelines, France)
1st (keirin), 3rd (team sprint), 5th (sprint) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland)
Career Highlights
Racing in my ￱rst Olympic Games in 2012.
Winning the 2012 Team Sprint World Championship by 0.001sec.
Breaking the Australian Record for the 200m time trial.
Education
Primary Torrens Valley Christian School (SA, Australia)
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Secondary Torrens Valley Christian School (SA, Australia)
Training
Coach Gary West (2011 - current)
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Q&A
Favourite food Beef Steak
Favourite holiday destination Gold Coast
Favourite music Electronic Dance Music
Dream car Nissan GTR R35
Personal Motto Pain is just weakness leaving your body
Star Sign Virgo
I would spend my last $10 on Subway chicken ￱llet sub with cookies
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be 100m sprint
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Chris Hoy Winning the Keirin and Team Sprint in London at
36 years of age
First Olympic Memory? Watching the 100m sprint ￱nal
Why this sport? Because I quickly became very good at it and started making Australian teams so I
thought I should keep going!
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Nathan Hart | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Oᐋcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Nathan Hart
Athlete Biography
Having followed in his footsteps of his father Braham, Nathan Hart began track cycling when he
was 12 having been identi闹늼ed in the ACT Academy of Sport talent search program.
The Canberran appeared at his 闹늼rst senior national championships in 2012 and made his World Cup
debut in late 2013 where he 闹늼nished third in the team sprint. Alongside London 2012 Olympian
Shane Perkins and Matt Glaetzer, he won team sprint bronze at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth
Games before winning silver with them at the London World Cup event.
After his father missed out on competing at the World Championships due to a broken wrist over
three decades earlier, Hart got his 闹늼rst chance in 2015 where he Glaetzer and Perkins, the trio
闹늼nished sixth.
A year on, and this time riding with Rio 2016 teammates Glaetzer and Pat Constable, the trio went
agonisingly close to racing o䏡烾 for World Championship bronze. The trio clocked a time of 43.497,
just 0.001 seconds behind Germany and 0.01 seconds behind France as they 闹늼nished in 闹늼fth.
O䏡烾 the track, Hart is studying a Bachelor of Applied Science in Human Movement and Health
Studies.
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Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Team Sprint Men
Age 23
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
5th (team sprint) – 2016 Track Cycling World Championships (London, Great Britain)
4th (team sprint) – 2016 UCI Track World Cup (Hong Kong, China)
5th (team sprint) – 2015 Track Cycling World Championships (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France)
5th (team sprint) – 2015 Australian Championships (Melbourne, Australia)
3rd (team sprint) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland)
Career Highlights
Bronze medal in Team Sprint at 2014 Commonwealth Games (With Shane Perkins and Matthew
Glaetzer)
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Education
Primary Monash Primary School (ACT, Australia)
Secondary Melrose High School (ACT, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Applied Science - Human Movement/ Health Studies (2014-)
Training
Coach Gary West/ Nick Flyger (2014- current)
Club ANU Cycling Club (ACT, Australia)
Institute/Academy CA HPU/ ACTAS
Primary Training Base Adelaide
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Q&A
Favourite food Pizza
Favourite music The Roots, Flying Lotus, Radiohead, Fat Freddy's Drop, Stones Throw Records
Dream car Porsche 911
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Bobsleigh
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Cathy Freeman at the Sydney 2000 Olympics
First Olympic Memory? Watching Sydney 2000 Olympics
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Michael Hepburn | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O倀ऄcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Michael Hepburn
Athlete Biography
A star on both the track and the road, Michael Hepburn will be looking to improve on his London
2012 team pursuit silver medal by becoming an Olympic champion in Rio.
A junior World Championship medallist, Hepburn won team pursuit world titles in 2010 and 2011
before being edged by 0.2 seconds by the British team in the 倀茂nal of the 2012 event.
Hepburn teamed Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis and Glenn O’Shea in the team pursuit at the London
2012 Games. The quartet quali倀茂ed second fastest and progressed to the gold medal race with
Great Britain. With a partisan home crowd behind them, the British broke their own world record to
claim gold as Australia 倀茂nished with silver.
Hepburn won both the individual and team pursuit world titles in 2013 before deciding to take a
break from the track, spending both the 2014 and 2015 seasons competing on the road. In the time
away from the velodrome, Hepburn became Australian time trial champion, 倀茂nish sixth in the same
event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and rode throughout Europe in major tours including the
Giro d’Italia.
Admitting he might not have returned to the track if he had won Olympic gold in London,
Hepburn’s desire to become Olympic champion was reignited when he returned to the velodrome
in late 2015. Alongside Sam Welsford, Miles Scotson and Callum Scotson, Hepburn proved he still
had what it takes as he added another world championship title to his growing list of
achievements.
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Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s 4000m Team Pursuit Men
Height 186
Nickname Heppy
Weight 77
Age 24
Born Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Lives Brisbane, QLD, Australia
Associated Olympians
Georgia Baker
Melissa Hoskins
Matt Glaetzer
Stephanie Morton
MORE 
Career Highlights
Team Pursuit World Champion in 2010, 2011 & 2013 and Individual Pursuit World Champion
2012 & 2013.
Winning silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
1st Giro d'Italia Team Time Trial 2014 & 2015
Education
Primary Kenmore State School (QLD, Australia)
Secondary Kenmore State High School (QLD, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Human Movement Studies - University of Queensland (2009 - )
Training
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Coach Paolo Menaspa (2013 - present), Tim Decker (2015 - present)
Club Ipswich Cycling Club, Brisbane, QLD, AUS.
Primary Training Base Brisbane, Australia
Secondary Training Base Girona, Spain
Q&A
Favourite food Traditional Italian pizza
Favourite holiday destination Anywhere with sun, nice restaurants and a beach for me to relax on
Favourite music Dance
Dream car Audi R8
Personal Motto Have a good time and enjoy life.
Star Sign Leo
I would spend my last $10 on A few co倀ࠃees
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Something exciting to raise the heart rate!
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Melissa Hoskins | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O缶cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Melissa Hoskins
Athlete Biography
The Rio Games will be the second Olympics for West Australian Melissa Hoskins. Hoskins began
cycling after being picked up as a part of the WAIS Talent Identi價浾cation Program at the age of 15
and within three years had become an Australian champion. After competing at the 2009 Australian
Youth Olympic Festival, she headed to the Junior World Championships where she was a part of
the gold medal winning team pursuit out價浾t.
Hoskins made her senior World Championship debut in 2012 where she was pasrt of the Australian
trio that claimed team pursuit silver. Following this, she made her Olympic debut in London in 2012
with the trio of Annette Edmondson, Josephine Tomic missing the gold medal race o욚‫ ﯒‬by less than
a tenth of a second, before eventually 價浾nishing fourth after Canada edged them in the race for
bronze.
A silver and bronze at the 2013 and 2014 World Championships was followed by some history at
the 2015 Championships in Paris. Hoskins lined up alongside Rio 2016 teammates Ashlee
Ankudino욚‫﯒‬, Annette Edmondson and Amy Cure in the team pursuit where the quartet won gold in
a world record time which ended Britain’s four-year dominance of the event.
After a bout of pneumonia over the 2015/16 summer season, Hoskins focused on recovery and
unfortunately missed the 2016 World Championships where the Australians 價浾nished 5th.
Away from the track, Hoskins is an accomplished road cyclist collecting podium 價浾nishes in Australia,
China, Europe and the Middle East. At the 2014 Road World Championships, she won silver with
Orica-AIS in the team time trial - which also featured Annette Edmondson.
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Cycling - Track
Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Team Pursuit Women
Height 175
Weight 64
Age 25
Born Kalamunda, WA, Australia
Lives Perth, WA, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 4th (Teams Pursuit)
Recent Performances
1st (team pursuit) - 2015 World Championships (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines, France)
2nd (team pursuit) – 2014/15 World Cup (London, UK)
3rd (team pursuit) - 2014 World Championships (Cali, Colombia)
2nd (team pursuit) - 2014 Australian Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
2nd (team pursuit) – 2013 World Championships (Minsk, Belarus)
Career Highlights
Becoming the Junior World Champion and world record holder in team pursuit in Moscow, 2009
Competing at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Education
Primary Walliston Primary School (WA, Australia)
Secondary Carmel Adventist College (WA, Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Sports Science - Murdoch University Western Australia
Training
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Coach Gary Sutton
Club Northern Districts Cycle Cub
Institute/Academy WAIS/AIS
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Secondary Training Base Girona, Spain
Q&A
Favourite food Anything edible
Favourite holiday destination Our family beach house
Favourite music Anything and everything
Dream car Bently
Personal Motto Only those who risk going too far can possibly 價浾nd out how far one can go
Star Sign Pisces
I would spend my last $10 on Food
Tattoos/Piercings Ear Piercing x 3, Belly Piercing x 1
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Swimming
Why this sport? Why not?
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Anna Meares | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O†cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Anna Meares
Athlete Biography
Australia’s most successful track cyclist, Anna Meares is set to make plenty of history at the Rio
2016 Games. Meares will become just the fourth Australian track cyclist to line up at four Olympics
and will be aiming to become Australia’s †rst three-time Olympic champion across any cycling
discipline.
She claimed her †rst of 11 World Championship titles in the 500m time trial in the months leading
into her Olympic debut. She backed up her †ying form at the Athens 2004 Games winning gold in
the 500m time trial before going on to win bronze in the sprint.
Meares made one of the great comebacks in Australian Olympic history when she won a silver
medal in the women’s sprint cycling at the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. Seven months out from
the Games she broke her neck in a race crash and after months of intensive rehab ensured she was
back on the bike in Beijing. She progressed through to the †nal where she went down to long-time
rival Victoria Pendleton to win the silver medal.
Four years on and Meares had her shot at redemption at the London 2012 Games. Meares again
lined up against Pendleton in the †nal and not only had to deal with one of the sport’s all-time
greats but also the boisterous home crowd. She won the †rst race of the three-race †nal after
Pendleton was disquali†ed for moving out on Meares before riding the second race to perfection
by letting Pendleton lead and eventually wearing her down to win the gold.
Along with †ve Olympic medals and countless World Championship podiums, Meares has also won
eight Commonwealth Games medals, including †ve gold, across four Games.
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Cycling - Track
Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Keirin Women, Sprint Women, Team
Nickname Bubzee / Annabelle / Miss
Sprint Women
Height 165
Weight 70
Age 32
Born Blackwater, QLD, Australia
Lives Mile End, SA, Australia
Olympic Information
2012 London - 1st (sprint), 3rd (team sprint), 5th (keirin) 2008 Beijing - 2nd (sprint) 2004 Athens
- 1st (500m time trial), 3rd (sprint)
Recent Performances
2nd (keirin), 4th (sprint), 4th (team sprint) – 2016 Track Cycling World Championships (London,
Great Britain)
1st (team sprint), 2nd (keirin) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Invercargill, New Zealand)
1st (sprint), 1st (keirin), 1st (team sprint) – 2016 Australian Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
1st (keirin), 3rd (team sprint) – 2015 Track Cycling World Championships (Saint-Quentin-EnYvelines, France)
2nd (sprint) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland)
Career Highlights
Winning gold in the 500m time trial at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games.
Winning gold in the sprint at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Education
Primary Middlemount Primary School (QLD, Australia)
Secondary Middlemount High School (QLD, Australia), Rockhampton State High School (QLD,
Australia)
Tertiary Bachelor of Learning Design - Central Queensland University
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Training
Coach Gary West (2008 - current)
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
Q&A
Superstition/s I always paint my nails with the Australian †ag before a competition, I wear make
up so if I win I look good in the photos. Also I always wear black socks for time trialling.
Favourite food Lasanga, Steak, Lamingtons
Favourite holiday destination Uluru
Favourite music Country
Star Sign Virgo
Tattoos/Piercings 3 tattoos - Tiger cub, Beagle puppy, Olympic rings with Athens and Beijing
symbols
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Long track speed skating
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Stephanie Morton | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Oꀀcial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Stephanie Morton
Athlete Biography
Stephanie Morton will head her debut Olympic Games in Rio after winning gold at the London 2012
Paralympic Games. Morton was the Pilot for Felicity Johnson as the pair won the 1km time trial
tandem event.
Having rst began cycling competitively when she was 15, she came close to winning her rst
national titles in 2011 when she nished second in both the keirin and team sprint while also
training for the 2012 Paralympics. In 2013, she won all three sprint titles at the Australian
Championships before getting the chance to compete at her rst Track World Championships
where she nished fourth in the team sprint with Kaarle McCulloch.
Having defended both her team sprint and keirin national titles in 2014, she defeated her long-time
idol and Rio 2016 teammate Anna Meares to win gold in the sprint at the Glasgow 2014
Commonwealth Games. She also claimed silver in the 500m time trial at the Games.
Morton went close again to a World Championship podium in both 2015, placing fourth in the
sprint and sixth in the keirin in 2015.
In 2016, Morton has established herself as one of the fastest women in the world, consistently
posting the fastest ying 200m times, including the World Championships where she also nished
fourth in the team sprint (with Meares), seventh in the keirin and eighth in the sprint.
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Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Keirin Women, Sprint Women, Team
Nickname Steph
Sprint Women
Height 173
Age 25
Born Adelaide, SA, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut; 2012 London Paralympic Games - 1st (Tandem Pilot for vision
impaired athlete - 1000m Time Trial)
Recent Performances
4th (team sprint), 7th (keirin), 8th (sprint) – 2016 Track Cycling World Championships (London,
Great Britain)
1st (keirin), 3rd (sprint) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Invercargill, New Zealand)
1st (team sprint), 2nd (sprint), 2nd (keirin) – 2016 Australian Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
5th (sprint), 6th (keirin) – 2015 Track Cycling World Championships (Saint-Quentin-En-Yvelines,
France)
1st (sprint) – 2014 Commonwealth Games (Glasgow, Scotland)
Career Highlights
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Sprint gold and 500m time trial silver.
Winning gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games as a pilot
Qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Education
Primary Seaford Primary School
Secondary Southern Vales Christian College
Tertiary Primary School teaching (2014 - Current)
Training
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Coach Gary West (2012 - current)
Club South Coast Cycling
Primary Training Base Adelaide
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Glenn O'Shea | AUS Team | Rio 2016
Oᤀ넃cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Glenn O'Shea
Athlete Biography
Having won London 2012 silver in the team pursuit, Glenn O’Shea will return to Olympic
competition in Rio where his focus will be on winning the gruelling six-event Omnium competition.
Growing up in Bendigo, O'Shea began cycling when he was eight and steadily worked through the
ranks to eventually become Junior world champion as a part of the team pursuit in 2007.
He teamed up with Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis and Michael Hepburn in the team pursuit at the
London 2012 Games. The quartet quali超妎ed second fastest and progressed to the gold medal race
with Great Britain. With a partisan home crowd behind them, the British broke their own world
record to claim gold as Australia 超妎nished with silver.
Having headed to his debut Games as the reigning Omnium world champion, O’Shea claimed 超妎fth
in London, only four points o孚唀 the bronze medal.
The Victorian has since gone on to win multiple World Championship team pursuit titles,
Commonwealth Games gold and silver as well as pursuing his road career in him time away from
the track.
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Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s Omnium Men
Nickname Glenno
Height 180
Weight 76
Age 27
Born Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Lives Adelaide, SA, Australia
Associated Olympians
Callum Scotson
Jack Bobridge
Amy Cure
Ashlee Ankudino孚唀
MORE 
Career Highlights
Winning team pursuit silver at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Winning the gold medal in the omnium and silver in the team pursuit at the 2012 World
Championships in Melbourne.
Education
Primary St. Liborius Primary School (VIC, Australia)
Secondary Bendigo Senior Secondary College (VIC, Australia)
Training
Coach Tim Decker (2003 - current)
Primary Training Base Adelaide, Australia
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Q&A
Favourite food Bananas
Favourite holiday destination Gold Coast
Favourite music Muse
Dream car Audi R8
Personal Motto Never let the music die inside of you.
Star Sign Gemini
I would spend my last $10 on Pot and Parma
Tattoos/Piercings Southern Cross - Ribs, 'Carpe Diem'- Top of back
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be Synchronised diving
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Callum Scotson | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O⠀영cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Callum Scotson
Athlete Biography
19-year-old Callum Scotson is heading to his debut Olympic Games where he will be the youngest
member of the cycling team in Rio.
Scotson dominated the junior ranks in 2013 and 2014 when he claimed 贈ve national U19 titles,
including back-to-back team pursuit gold medals, as well as a silver and a bronze in the ten events
he competed in. During that period he also was a part of the U19 Australian team pursuit team that
won back-to-back World Championship titles.
Graduating to the senior team in 2015, Scotson won the national title before he lined up at his 贈rst
senior World Championships. Racing alongside Rio teammates Alex Edmondson and Jack Bobridge,
Scotson came away from the event with the bronze medal.
He was again a national champion in the event a year later and was determined to climb to the top
of the podium at the 2016 World Championships knowing a gold medal would signi贈cantly boost
his chances of qualifying for Rio. The team quali贈ed second fastest, defeated New Zealand in the
贈rst round before knocking o襁ᣠ Great Britain in the 贈nal by over a second as Scotson’s earned his
贈rst senior world title.
A part of a talented cycling family, Callum’s older brother Miles was a part of the 2016 World
Championship winning team pursuit quartet but just missed out on quali贈cation for Rio.
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Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s 4000m Team Pursuit Men
Nickname Callum
Age 19
Born Adelaide, SA, Australia
Lives Evanston, SA, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
1st (team pursuit) - 2016 World Championships (London, UK)
3rd (team pursuit) – 2015/16 World Cup (Cali, Colombia)
2nd (team pursuit) – 2015 Oceania Championships (Adelaide, Australia)
1st (team pursuit) – 2015 Australian Championships (Melbourne, Australia)
1st (U19 team pursuit) – 2014 World Championships (Cali, Colombia)
Career Highlights
World Team Pursuit Champion 2016 in London. Australian record and second fastest time ever.
U23 National Road Time Trial Champion, Ballarat, VIC.
Education
Primary Trinity College, South Australia, Australia
Training
Club Port Adelaide Cycling Club, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Institute/Academy AIS
Primary Training Base South Australia, Australia
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Q&A
Favourite food Pizza
Favourite music Rock
Dream car Mclaren P1
Most Inuential person in your career/life Tim Decker
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Sam Welsford | AUS Team | Rio 2016
O픥︗cial Home of the 2016 Australian Olympic Team
Sam Welsford
Athlete Biography
Sam Welsford began riding when he was 8 after he saw his dad getting up early to go riding and
thought that he could give it a go. Twelve years on he is o儵Ʃ to his 㼐�rst Olympic Games in Rio.
Welsford competed in both the 2013 and 2014 U19 World Championships where he won back-toback team pursuit titles. He also claimed silver in the Omnium at the 2014 event having won the
U19 national title earlier in the year.
He got his 㼐�rst crack at senior competition in 2014 when he claimed podium 㼐�nishes in multiple
events in the BikeNZ Cup and Classic events. He went on to win the team pursuit Oceania
Championship soon after before he won gold in the same event at his 㼐�rst World Cup event in
Guadalajara, Mexico.
He won the national non-Olympic individual pursuit title to kick o儵Ʃ 2016 after defeating London
2012 Olympian Michael Hepburn by over four seconds while also 㼐�nishing second in the Omnium.
Welsford competed at his 㼐�rst senior track World Championships in 2016 and didn’t disappoint
against the world’s best. Racing with Rio teammates Callum Scotson and Michael Hepburn, as well
as Callum’s brother Miles, the quartet quali㼐�ed second fastest, defeated New Zealand in the 㼐�rst
round before knocking o儵Ʃ Great Britain in the 㼐�nal by over a second to claim gold.
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Fast Facts
Sport Cycling - Track
Status Selected
Event/s 4000m Team Pursuit Men
Age 20
Nickname Sam
Born Perth, WA, Australia
Lives Perth, WA, Australia
Olympic Information
Rio will be Olympic debut
Recent Performances
1st (team pursuit) - 2016 World Championships (London, UK)
1st (team pursuit) - 2015/16 World Cup (Hong Kong)
2nd (team pursuit) – 2016 Oceania Championships (Invercargill, New Zealand)
4th (team pursuit) - 2015 Australian Championships (Melbourne, Australia)
1st (U19 team pursuit) – 2014 World Championships (Cali, Colombia)
Career Highlights
Making the team pursuit team for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Winning back-to-back Junior World Championships in the team pursuit gold
Winning World Championship gold in 2016 in the team pursuit
Education
Primary Woodlands Primary School
Secondary Churchlands Senior high School
Training
Coach Tim Decker 2015 - current
Club northern districts cycling club
Institute/Academy Wais
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Primary Training Base Adelaide Australia
Secondary Training Base Perth Australia
Q&A
Superstition/s never shave your legs day before race day
Favourite food Any
Favourite holiday destination Bora Bora
Favourite music Anything I have the biggest variety of music on my phone
Dream car Lambo
Star Sign Capricorn
I would spend my last $10 on Food
Tattoos/Piercings None but want some
If I could try another Olympic sport it would be bmx
Most Inspiring Olympic Performance? Scott McGrory
First Olympic Memory? Watching the cycling with my dad
Most In�᳔uential person in your career/life My Dad
Why this sport? started when i was young and i loved it from then on
http://rio2016.olympics.com.au/athlete/sam­welsford
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