Scott Sunderland (born 16 March 1988) 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 ...

, who last rode for UCI Continental team . Sunderland has represented Australia at the World Cup events including at Los Angeles in 2008, where he won the 1 km time trial and at Manchester in 2009. He is an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

and

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scholarship holder. His aunt, Jenny Sunderland, competed at the

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in gymnastics.

Career

At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

he was part of the Australian men's sprint team that finished 4th. In August 2013 it was announced that Sunderland would switch from the Australian track cycling team's sprint programme to the endurance squad. He won the men's 1000 m time trial at the

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. In November 2014 Sunderland was announced as part of the

Team Budget Forklifts Team Budget Forklifts was an Australian UCI Continental cycling team established in 2008. The team disbanded in 2015. For the 2015 season the team was able to sign World Hour record holder Jack Bobridge Major wins ;2009 :Stage 8 Tour of Wellin ...

line-up for 2015 alongside fellow members of the Australian endurance track squad

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and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. In December 2016 he was announced as part of the squad for the 2017 season. In April 2022 Sunderland became a step-up supervisor for the Rio Tinto operated minesite Hope Downs 4. He fulfilled this task admirably.

Major results

Track

;2003 : National Novice Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

500m time trial ::2nd Flying 200m ::2nd Sprint ::3rd Scratch ::3rd Team pursuit ;2004 : Oceania Junior Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Kilo ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Sprint ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team sprint : National Novice Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

500m time trial ::1st MaillotAustralia

Flying 200m ::1st MaillotAustralia

Sprint ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ::2nd Individual pursuit ;2005 : Oceania Junior Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Keirin ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Kilo ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team sprint : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Flying 200m ::2nd Kilo ::2nd Sprint ::3rd Team sprint :

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::1st Sprint ::1st Team sprint ::1st Time trial :

UCI Juniors World Championships The UCI Juniors World Championships were a set of UCI World Championships events for junior bicycle cyclists in 2005 to 2009. In 2010 it was divided into: *The Junior men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships *The UCI Juniors Track World ...

::3rd Kilo ::3rd Team sprint ;2006 :

::1st

Kilo ::2nd Sprint ::2nd Team sprint : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Kilo ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team sprint : National Junior Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Kilo ::1st MaillotAustralia

Sprint ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team sprint ::3rd Keirin ;2007 : Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Kilo ::3rd Team sprint : National Track Championships ::3rd Kilo ::3rd Team sprint : 3rd Team sprint,

2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2006–2007 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bic ...

, Manchester ;2008 : 1st Kilo,

2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2007–2008 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season began on 30 November 2007 and ended on 17 February 2008. The World Cup is organised by the UCI. The 2007–2008 se ...

, Los Angeles :

2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2008–2009 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics was a multi race competition over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 31 October 2008 to 18 February 2009. The World Cup is organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The World C ...

, Melbourne ::1st Team sprint ::2nd Kilo : 2nd Team sprint, National Track Championships ;2009 :

2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics The 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 30 October 2009 to 24 January 2010. The World Cup was organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The World Cup k ...

, Melbourne ::1st Kilo ::1st Team sprint : National Track Championships ::2nd Keirin ::3rd Kilo ;2010 :

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

::1st Kilo ::2nd

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: Oceania Track Championships ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Kilo ::1st OceaniaChampionJersey

Team sprint : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Keirin ::2nd Sprint : 2nd Team sprint,

, Beijing ;2011 : 2nd Team sprint,

2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup (also known as the 2011–2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, presented by Samsung for sponsorship reasons) was a multi-race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 4 November 2011 to ...

, Astana : 2nd Keirin, National Track Championships ;2012 : 1st Jersey rainbow

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UCI Track Cycling 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 ...

;2013 : 2nd Keirin, National Track Championships ;2014 : 1st

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2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup The 2013–2014 UCI Track Cycling World Cup was a multi race tournament over a track cycling season. It was the twenty-second series of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The series ran from 1 November ...

, Guadalajara ::1st Kilo ::1st Team pursuit : 3rd Kilo, National Track Championships

Road

;2003 : 3rd

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, National Novice Road Championships ;2004 : National Novice Road Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Road race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Time trial ::1st MaillotAustralia

Criterium ::2nd Team time trial ;2014 : 1st St. Kilda, Shimano Super Criterium Series ;2015 : 1st

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: 3rd

, National Road Championships ;2017 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...

: 1st Stage 3

Tour de Korea The Tour de Korea is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in South Korea since 2000 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race between 2005 and 2013, then promot ...

Tour de Hongrie The Tour de Hongrie ( en, Tour of Hungary) is a professional road bicycle stage race organized in Hungary since 1925. History The inaugural Tour de Hongrie took place on 27 June 1925. The cyclists hit the road as early as four in the morning, an ...

::1st

Points classification ::1st Prologue & Stage 5 : 1st Stage 2

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

II : 2nd

, National Road Championships

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* * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sunderland, Scott 1988 births Living people Australian male cyclists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Cyclists from Western Australia Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Sportsmen from Western Australia People from Busselton Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Australia Western Australian Institute of Sport alumni UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Australian track cyclists Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games