Sam Webster (cyclist)

Sam Webster (born 16 July 1991) is a former New Zealand track cyclist. He was the sprint, keirin and team sprint World Champion at the 2009 Junior World Championships and New Zealand national track cycling champion. He won gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the individual sprint and the team sprint.

Biography
Born in Auckland in 1991, Webster attended Auckland Grammar School. Webster is a track cyclist competing in a variety of sprint disciplines. His palmarès include a gold medal at the January 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in the men's sprint. At the Junior World Championship in August 2009 in Moscow, he won gold in the team sprint, Keirin and sprint. From the Junior World Championships, he moved into the elite category. Webster is a member of the New Zealand team sprint team that has made the consistent climb at the World Championships, from Bronze in 2012 (Melbourne), Silver in 2013 (Minsk) and Gold in 2014 (Cali, Colombia), claiming their first World Champions rainbow jersey in the elite ranks.

At the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, Webster raced his way to Bronze in the sprint and Silver in the team sprint but suffered a big crash in the team sprint in the race for gold. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won alongside Eddie Dawkins and Ethan Mitchell a silver medal in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's Team Sprint.

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Webster won Gold in the team sprint event alongside Ethan Mitchell and Eddie Dawkins.

On 9 November 2022, Webster announced his retirement from cycling.

Major results

 * 2009
 * 1st Sprint, 2009 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
 * 1st Keirin, 2009 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
 * 1st Team Sprint, 2009 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
 * 2nd Keirin, Oceania Cycling Championships
 * 3rd Team sprint, Oceania Cycling Championships


 * 2010
 * 1st Sprintmeeting, Cottbus (August)
 * 1st Sprintmeeting, Dudenhofen (September)
 * 1st Sprintmeeting, Darmstadt (September)
 * 2nd Team Sprint, 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi
 * 2nd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Melbourne
 * 3rd Team Sprint, UCI World Cup Classics, Cali
 * 3rd Sprint, 2010 Commonwealth Games, Delhi
 * 3rd Keirin, New Zealand National Championships
 * 6th Keirin, UCI Track World Championships, Copenhagen


 * 2012
 * 3rd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Melbourne


 * 2013
 * 2nd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Minsk


 * 2014
 * 1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Cali
 * 1st Sprint, 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow
 * 1st Team Sprint, 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow


 * 2015
 * 2nd Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Yvelines


 * 2016
 * 1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, London
 * 2nd Team Sprint, 2016 Summer Olympics, Rio de Janeiro


 * 2017
 * 1st Team Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Hong Kong


 * 2018
 * 1st Team Sprint, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast
 * 1st Sprint, 2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast

Sponsors

 * Oakley
 * Cycle City