Josephine Tomic (born 9 June 1989) is a former Australian

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. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Team Pursuit.

Personal

Nicknamed Josie, Tomic was born on 9 June 1989 in

Subiaco, Western Australia Subiaco (known colloquially as Subi) is an inner- western suburb of Perth, the capital of Western Australia. It is approximately west of Perth's central business district, in the City of Subiaco local government area. Historically a working-cl ...

. She attended North Perth Primary School, Como Primary School and Perth College. She started at Murdoch University in 2008 and was enrolled as of 2012, and was pursuing a Bachelor of Primary Education.

Cycling

Tomic is a road and track cyclist specialising in the team pursuit event. She started road cycling when she was fourteen years old. She represented her country for the first time only a year later in 2004, competing in the Oceania championships. She won 5 national titles in the under 17 category between 2004 and 2005, and added an under 19 title to her

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in 2007. She has been coached by

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since 2005. She is also coached by

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. Her primary training base is in Adelaide, with a secondary training base in Perth, Western Australia. She is a member of Northern Districts Cycle Club. She is a member of the professional cycling team Team Jayco-AIS. She has a cycling scholarship with Western Australian Institute of Sport and Australian Institute of Sport. Tomic competed at the Junior World Championships in 2006 and 2007. In 2007, Tomic set a world record in the 2000m pursuit in the under-19 age category. She also claimed three junior world titles. In 2008, she won her first senior national title, with a first-place finish in the 3000m individual pursuit with a time of 3:41.953. In November 2008, Tomic made an appearance at round 2 of the 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in

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, where she won silver in both the individual and team pursuit. On her senior World Championship debut on 28 March 2009, Tomic won the gold medal in the

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, the first time the competition had been included for women in the World Championships. She also won the bronze medal as a member of Australia's

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 ...

squad. At the 2010 World Cup at Melbourne's Hisense Arena, she was part of an Australian team that won the country's first gold at the event. The medal was in the 3000m team pursuit. At the

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, she competed in the individual pursuit event where she finished fifth and in the points race where she finished tenth. She finished 4th in the team pursuit at the 2011 Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands. She finished 1st in the individual pursuit at the 2011 Australian Track Championships in Sydney. She finished second in the team pursuit at the 2012 Track World Championships in Melbourne, Australia. She finished first in the team pursuit and 3rd in the individual pursuit at the 2012 Australian Championships in Adelaide. In the team pursuit event at the 2012 Summer Olympics Test Event in London, her team set the fastest time in the event on the opening day of the competition. Tomic was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the Team Pursuit event. She was a member of the Australian track cycling team pursuit team that finished in fourth place at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Palmarès

;2004 :1st U17 Individual Pursuit,

Australian National Track Championships The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories. Men Senior Team Pursuit Team Sprint Madison Junior ...

:1st New Zealand Oceania Tour :2nd U17 Australian National Duo Time Trial Championships :3rd U17

Australian National Time Trial Championships The Australian National Time Trial Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event has been run concurrently with the Australian National Road Race Championships since 2002. The ...

:3rd U17 Australian National Road Race Championships ;2005 :1st U17 Individual Pursuit,

:1st U17 500 m TT,

:1st U17 Team Sprint,

:1st U17 Australian National Duo Time Trial Championships :1st U17

:2nd U17 Team Sprint,

:2nd U17

Australian National Criterium Championships The Australian National Criterium Championships cover several different categories of Australian road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. The elite event is normally held in the December the preceding year, for example the 2009 champi ...

:3rd U17 Australian National Road Race Championships ;2006 :1st U19 Australian National Road Time Trial Series :2nd U19 Points Race,

:2nd U19 Scratch Race,

:3rd U19 Individual Pursuit,

;2007 :1st Individual Pursuit, Junior Track World Championships (World Record) :1st Points Race, Junior Track World Championships :1st Time Trial, Junior Road World Championships :1st U19 Individual Pursuit,

:1st U19 Points Race,

:2nd U19 Scratch Race,

;2008 :1st Individual Pursuit,

:1st Team Pursuit,

:3rd Points Race,

:2nd Individual Pursuit, Round 2, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Melbourne :2nd Team Pursuit, Round 2, 2008–2009 Track World Cup, Melbourne : 1st Overall

Tour de Perth The Tour de Perth is an amateur road bicycle racing stage-race in Australia, established in 2006. There was a women's stage race between 2007 in women's road cycling, 2007 and 2009 in women's road cycling, 2009. Honours Men's Women's Sou ...

;2009 :1st Omnium, Track World Championships :3rd Team Pursuit, Track World Championships :5th Individual Pursuit, Track World Championships :1st Individual Pursuit, Oceania Championships :1st Team Pursuit, Oceania Championships :1st Individual Pursuit,

:1st Omnium,

:1st Team Pursuit,

:1st U23

:2nd Overall Jayco Bay Criterium Series :3rd Team Pursuit,

UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

:2nd Individual Pursuit, 2009–2010 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics :3rd, Team pursuit, 2009–2010 Track World Cup, Manchester :3rd, Team pursuit, 2009–2010 Track World Cup, Melbourne ;2010 :1st Teams Pursuit 2010/11 UCI Track World Cup – Melbourne Round AUS :1st Teams Pursuit 2011 Oceania Track Championships SA :1st Teams Pursuit Australian Track Championships SA :1st Teams Pursuit UCI Track World Championships DEN :2nd Omnium Australian Track Championships SA :3rd Individual Pursuit Australian Track Championships SA :4th Scratch Race Australian Track Championships SA :7th Time Trial Australian Track Championships SA :10th Points Race Commonwealth Games IN ;2012 :3rd Team Pursuit, 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics in London

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tomic, Josie Living people 1989 births Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Cyclists from Perth, Western Australia Olympic cyclists of Australia Australian female cyclists UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women) Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Australian track cyclists Commonwealth Games competitors for Australia