Niamh Fisher-Black (born 12 August 2000) is a New Zealand professional

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, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . She is the older sister of fellow racing cyclist

Finn Fisher-Black Finn Fisher-Black (born 21 December 2001) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He is the younger brother of fellow racing cyclist Niamh Fisher-Black. Early life Fisher-Black was educated at Nelso ...

, and was educated at

Nelson College for Girls , motto_translation = Loyalty, honesty and wisdom , type = State secondary, day and boarding , established = 1883; years ago , address = Trafalgar St , city = Nels ...

Career

2022

Fisher-Black paid her own way to the 2022 road cycling world championships in

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, Australia as Cycling New Zealand could not afford to meet the costs due to due "a lack of government funding and the loss of key sponsors". In the 164 km road race, she was the first placed under-23 rider and 12th overall. She became the first under-23 world women's champion. Fisher-Black said of the win “I wasn't aware straightaway at first when I crossed the line hat I’d won the under-23 race" “The rainbow jersey, very few people have one and it’s the pinnacle of cycling so it’s super special to have...I think I showed I was the strongest under-23 rider on the day and nothing can take away from that.”

2023

In June 2023, Fisher-Black won the final stage of the Tour de Suisse Women. She said, of the victory, "Winning is the very best feeling...Finally I could throw my hands in the air myself. This is what you live for as a cyclist". She was named as the lead rider for Team SD Worx in the women's Giro d'Italia.

Major results

;2016 : 1st National Junior CX Championships ;2017 : 1st National Junior CX Championships : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2018 : 9th Road race, Oceania Junior Road Championships ;2019 : 4th Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 9th Gravel and Tar ;2020 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : National Under-23 Road Championships ::1st Road race ::3rd

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: 1st Gravel and Tar ;2021 : 1st Young rider classification,

Vuelta a Burgos Feminas The Vuelta a Burgos Feminas is a women's cycle stage race in Spain, part of the UCI Women's World Tour. The race is held in the autonomous region of Castile and León Castile and León ( es, Castilla y León ; ast-leo, Castiella y Llión ; ...

: 1st Young rider classification, Ladies Tour of Norway : 9th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Young rider classification ;2022 : 1st Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships : 1st Young rider classification,

Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs The Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin Elsy Jacobs formerly known as the Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs is an international women's road bicycle race held in Garnich, Luxembourg. Since 2008 this event is on the UCI women's elite cycle racing ...

: 5th Overall

Giro Donne The is an annual elite women's road bicycle racing stage race. It was rebranded from 2013-2020 as the Giro Rosa, having been branded the Giro Donne until 2012 and again in 2021. It has been considered the most prestigious stage race in women's r ...

::1st Young rider classification : 5th Durango-Durango Emakumeen Saria : 7th Overall Itzulia Tour ::1st Young rider classification ;2023 : 10th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes Liège–Bastogne–Liège Femmes is the women's event of Liège–Bastogne–Liège, an annual road bicycle racing event in Wallonia, Belgium, held in late April. The inaugural race, won by Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen, was run on 23 Ap ...

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* 2000 births Living people New Zealand female cyclists Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand People educated at Nelson College for Girls 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub