Sarah Van Dam (born 4 December 2001) is a Canadian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .

Early life

Van Dam began cycle racing in 2013 and attended Tripleshot Youth Cycling Club. She attended Oak Bay High School and the Canadian Sport School Victoria. She won seven national junior titles at the 2018 Canadian Junior Track Championships held in

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. She also made the podium at the Canadian junior road championships. In 2019, aged 17 years-old, she joined Trek Red Truck Racing.

Career

Van Dam won four gold medals at the

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in 2022, winning gold in the

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, team pursuit and

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. She represented Canada at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October 2022, at the

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, France. In November 2022, at the same track in France she was involved in a crash involving Lea Lin Teutenberg and

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which left her having to pull a sizeable wooden splinter from her arm. In July 2024, Van Dam qualified to compete for

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in track cycling.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Van Dam, Sarah 2001 births Living people Canadian female cyclists Canadian track cyclists Sportspeople from Victoria, British Columbia