Sarah Hammer

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| fullname = Sarah Kathryn Hammer

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| birth_place = United States

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Sarah Kathryn Hammer (born August 18, 1983) is an American former professional racing cyclist and four-times Olympic silver medalist. With eight world championships, she has been called, "America's most decorated track athlete."{{Cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/track-worlds-hammer-ready-to-pass-pursuit-torch-to-dygert/|title=Track Worlds: Hammer ready to pass pursuit torch to Dygert {{!}} Cyclingnews.com|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=2017-04-12|language=en-gb}}

Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.

Career

Hammer is five-times a champion (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 & 2013) in the individual pursuit and twice a champion (2013 & 2014) in the omnium at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Hammer finished fifth overall in the individual pursuit and did not finish in the points race.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/CYC/womens-individual-pursuit-3000-metres.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124908/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/CYC/womens-individual-pursuit-3000-metres.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2010-12-12}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/CYC/womens-points-race.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418124909/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/CYC/womens-points-race.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Points Race|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2010-12-12}}

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Hammer won a team silver medal in the Women's team pursuit, as well as an individual silver medal in the women's omnium.{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/chi-cyclist-hammer-wins-silver-brit-wins-gold-20120807,0,7428279.story|title=Cyclist Hammer wins silver|accessdate=2012-08-07}}

Hammer held the world record in the 3000 m individual pursuit from 2010 until it was broken by Chloé Dygert in 2018.

Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2017/09/18/3-time-olympic-cyclist-sarah-hammer-retires-from-riding/105761618/|title=3-time Olympic cyclist Sarah Hammer retires from riding|website=USA TODAY|accessdate=Aug 8, 2021}}

Major results

;2013

:Los Angeles Grand Prix

::1st Omnium

::2nd Team Pursuit (with Kimberly Geist, Jennifer Valente and Ruth Winder)

;2014

:1st Omnium, Los Angeles Grand Prix

;2015

:Pan American Track Championships

::1st 20px Omnium

::1st 20px Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Ruth Winder and Jennifer Valente)

:Pan American Games

::1st 15px Omnium

::2nd 15px Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Lauren Tamayo, Ruth Winder and Jennifer Valente)

:Independence Day Grand Prix

::1st Individual Pursuit

::1st Points Race

::1st Scratch Race

:1st Omnium, Marymoor Grand Prix

:2nd Omnium, Grand Prix of Colorado Springs

;2017

: Belgian International Track Meeting

:: 1st Points Race

::3rd Scratch Race

: 2nd 15px Points race, UCI World Track Championships

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20110208213125/http://sarahhammer.us/ Official web site of Sarah Hammer]
{{cycling Archives|16812}}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100626001107/http://cycling.teamusa.org/athletes/sarah-hammer Sarah Hammer at the United States Olympic Committee]
{{SR/Olympics profile|ha/sarah-hammer-1}}

{{succession box|before=
{{flagicon|NZL}} Sarah Ulmer|title=Women's 3000 metre individual pursuit|years=May 11, 2010 – March 3, 2018|after=
{{flagicon|USA}} Chloé Dygert}}

{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's individual pursuit}}

Category:1983 births

Category:Living people

Category:American female cyclists

Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Category:UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)

Category:Sportspeople from Redondo Beach, California

Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling

Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics