Niamh Fisher-Black

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Niamh Fisher-Black

| image = 2020 Fleche Wallonne PauleKa Niamh Fisher-Black.jpg

| caption = Fisher-Black at the 2020 La Flèche Wallonne

| fullname = Niamh Fisher-Black

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|12|df=yes}}{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

| birth_place = Nelson, New Zealand{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.60 m{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

| weight =

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|LTK women}}

| disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Cyclo-cross}}

| role = Rider

| ridertype =

| amateuryears1 = 2017–2018

| amateurteam1 = Mike Greer Homes

| amateuryears2 = 2019

| amateurteam2 = Torelli–Assure–Madison

| proyears1 = 2019–2020

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|CBT|2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14190/1000993/258|title=Bigla – Katusha|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=19 January 2020|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20200119212946/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14190/1000993/258|archivedate=19 January 2020}}

| proyears2 = 2021–2024

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|SDW|2021}}

| proyears3 = 2025–

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|LTK women|2025}}

| majorwins = One-day races and Classics

:{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2020)}}

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's road bicycle racing}}

{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}

}}

Niamh Fisher-Black (born 12 August 2000) is a New Zealand professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam {{UCI team code|LTK women}}.{{Cite web |title=Lidl - Trek 2025 |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/team/lidl-trek-women-2025 |access-date=1 February 2025 |website=ProCyclingStats}} She is the older sister of fellow racing cyclist Finn Fisher-Black, and was educated at Nelson College for Girls.{{cite news |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/sport/79025148/cycling-siblings-to-race-in-australia |title=Cycling siblings to race in Australia |date=26 April 2016 |work=Nelson Mail |first=Phillip |last=Rollo |accessdate=20 January 2020}}

Career

= 2022 =

Fisher-Black paid her own way to the 2022 road cycling world championships in Wollongong, Australia as Cycling New Zealand could not afford to meet the costs due to due "a lack of government funding and the loss of key sponsors".{{Cite web |last=Rollo |first=Phillip |date=20 August 2022 |title=Top Kiwi cyclists told they need to pay their own way to attend road world championships |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/129610088/top-kiwi-cyclists-told-they-need-to-pay-their-own-way-to-attend-road-world-championships |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}} In the 164 km road race, she was the first placed under-23 rider and 12th overall. She became the first under-23 world women's champion.{{Cite web |last=reporters |first=Stuff sports |date=24 September 2022 |title=New Zealand's Niamh Fisher-Black delighted at winning women's U23 world road cycling title |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/300697135/new-zealands-niamh-fisherblack-delighted-at-winning-womens-u23-world-road-cycling-title |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}{{Cite web |author1=Simone Giuliani |date=24 September 2022 |title=Niamh Fisher-Black's long-held Worlds goal ends with historic U23 women's title |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/niamh-fisher-blacks-long-held-worlds-goal-ends-with-historic-u23-womens-title/ |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=27 September 2022 |title=Fisher-Black leaves u23 ranks in style |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cycling/fisher-black-leaves-u23-ranks-style |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Otago Daily Times |language=en}} Fisher-Black said of the win “I wasn't aware straightaway at first when I crossed the line [that I’d won the under-23 race]."{{Cite web |title="A funny feeling" Niamh Fisher-Black on self-funding her way to the U23 World Championship title and riding a race within a race |url=https://www.rouleur.cc/blogs/the-rouleur-journal/a-funny-feeling-niamh-fisher-black-on-self-funding-her-way-to-the-u23-world-championship-title-and-riding-a-race-within-a-race |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Rouleur |language=en}} “The rainbow jersey, very few people have one and it’s the pinnacle of cycling so it’s super special to have...I think I showed I was the strongest under-23 rider on the day and nothing can take away from that.”{{Cite web |last=Rollo |first=Phillip |date=29 September 2022 |title=Niamh Fisher-Black paid her own way to road cycling world championships and won |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/women-in-sport/129994953/niamh-fisherblack-paid-her-own-way-to-road-cycling-world-championships-and-won |access-date=30 September 2022 |website=Stuff |language=en}}

= 2023 =

In June 2023, Fisher-Black won the final stage of the Tour de Suisse Women. She said, of the victory, "Winning is the very best feeling...Finally I could throw my hands in the air myself. This is what you live for as a cyclist".{{Cite web |last=Giuliani |first=Simone |date=21 June 2023 |title=Niamh Fisher-Black turns around difficult season with first Women's WorldTour win |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/niamh-fisher-black-turns-around-difficult-season-with-first-womens-worldtour-win/ |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=cyclingnews.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=reporters |first=Stuff sports |date=20 June 2023 |title=New Zealand cyclist Niamh Fisher-Black claims first World Tour stage victory |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/300910379/new-zealand-cyclist-niamh-fisherblack-claims-first-world-tour-stage-victory |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=Stuff |language=en}} She was named as the lead rider for Team SD Worx in the women's Giro d'Italia.{{Cite web |date=29 June 2023 |title=Niamh Fisher-Black to lead her team in Giro Donne |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/sport/492814/niamh-fisher-black-to-lead-her-team-in-giro-donne |access-date=6 July 2023 |website=RNZ |language=en-nz}}