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Scott Sunderland (cyclist, born 1988)
Australian bicycle racer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Scott Sunderland (born 16 March 1988) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team.
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Sunderland has represented Australia at the World Cup events including at Los Angeles in 2008, where he won the 1 km time trial[4] and at Manchester in 2009.[5] He is an Australian Institute of Sport[6] and Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. His aunt, Jenny Sunderland, competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics in gymnastics.[6]
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Career
At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Australian men's sprint team that finished 4th.[7] In August 2013 it was announced that Sunderland would switch from the Australian track cycling team's sprint programme to the endurance squad.[8] He won the men's 1000 m time trial at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[9]
In November 2014 Sunderland was announced as part of the Team Budget Forklifts line-up for 2015 alongside fellow members of the Australian endurance track squad Luke Davison, Glenn O'Shea, Jack Bobridge and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[10] In December 2016 he was announced as part of the IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness squad for the 2017 season.[11]
In April 2022 Sunderland became a step-up supervisor for the Rio Tinto operated minesite Hope Downs 4. He fulfilled this task admirably.
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Major results
Track
- 2003
- National Novice Track Championships
- 2004
- Oceania Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Kilo - 1st Sprint
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st
- National Novice Track Championships
- 2005
- Oceania Junior Track Championships
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st
Flying 200m[1] - 2nd Kilo
- 2nd Sprint
- 3rd Team sprint
- 1st
- Australian Youth Olympic Festival
- UCI Juniors World Championships
- 3rd Kilo
- 3rd Team sprint
- 2006
- UCI Juniors World Championships
- 1st
Kilo - 2nd Sprint
- 2nd Team sprint
- 1st
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Kilo
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st
- National Junior Track Championships
- 1st Kilo
- 1st Sprint
- 1st Team sprint
- 3rd Keirin
- 1st
- 2007
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Kilo
- 3rd Team sprint
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 3rd Kilo
- 3rd Team sprint
- 3rd Team sprint, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester[1]
- 2008
- 1st Kilo, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles[1]
- 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- 2nd Team sprint, National Track Championships[1]
- 2009
- 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
- National Track Championships
- 2010
- Commonwealth Games
- Oceania Track Championships
- 1st Kilo[1]
- 1st Team sprint
- 1st
- National Track Championships
- 2nd Team sprint, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing[1]
- 2011
- 2nd Team sprint, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana[1]
- 2nd Keirin, National Track Championships[1]
- 2012
- 1st Team sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
- 2013
- 2nd Keirin, National Track Championships[1]
- 2014
- 1st Kilo, Commonwealth Games[1]
- 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Guadalajara
- 3rd Kilo, National Track Championships[1]
Road
- 2003
- 3rd Criterium, National Novice Road Championships[1]
- 2004
- National Novice Road Championships
- 2014
- 1st St. Kilda, Shimano Super Criterium Series[12]
- 2015
- 1st Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic[13]
- 3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
- 2017
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Langkawi[14]
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Korea
- Tour de Hongrie
- 1st
Points classification - 1st Prologue & Stage 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of China II
- 2nd Criterium, National Road Championships[15]
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References
External links
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