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Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional
racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...
. Welsford qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with
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and
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. 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 with
UCI WorldTeam A UCI WorldTeam (2015–present), previously UCI ProTeam (2005–2014), is the term used by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to name a cycling team of the highest category in professional road cycling, the UCI World Tour or UCI ProTour ...
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 ...
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 : 2nd
Time 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 Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropoli ...
;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 The Bay Classic Series (currently running as the Lexus of Blackburn Bay Crits) is a road cycling race held annually in and around Port Phillip Bay in Victoria, Australia. The race consists of both a men's and a women's competition over three stage ...
::1st Stage 1 ;2022 : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey : 3rd Scheldeprijs : 4th
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 2 ...
;2023 : Vuelta a San Juan ::1st Stages 6 & 7 : 1st Grand Prix Criquielion : 2nd Scheldeprijs : 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 2 ...
: 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, UCI World Championships : 1st Individual pursuit,
National Championships A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the best team, i ...
: 2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games ;2017 : 1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships : Oceania Championships ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Points race ::3rd Omnium : National Championships ::1st Madison ::1st Team pursuit ::1st Scratch ;2018 : Commonwealth Games ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit : National Championships ::1st Individual pursuit ::2nd Team sprint :
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...
::1st Omnium, Berlin ::1st Team pursuit, Berlin ;2019 : UCI World Championships ::1st Scratch ::1st Team pursuit : Oceania Championships ::1st Omnium ::1st Scratch : National Championships ::2nd Madison ::3rd Team pursuit :
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...
::2nd Madison (with
Kelland O'Brien Kelland O'Brien (born 22 May 1998) is an Australian Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . O'Brien qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit ...
), Hong Kong ::3rd Madison (with
Leigh Howard Leigh Howard (born 18 October 1989) is an Australian professional Cycle sport, 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 Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics ...
), 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 Cycle sport, racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . O'Brien qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and was part of the Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit ...
) ;2021 : 3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games


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* {{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