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Sarah Hammer
	Hammer competing at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Personal information
Full name	Sarah Kathryn Hammer
Born	August 18, 1983 (age 41); United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Weight	135 lb (61 kg)
Team information
Discipline	Track cycling
Medal record
Olympic Games
World Championships
Pan American Games
Pan American Championships

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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."^[1] 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.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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

Omnium

1st

Team Pursuit (with Kelly Catlin, Ruth Winder and Jennifer Valente)

Pan American Games

1st

Omnium

2nd

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

Points race, UCI World Track Championships

References

^ "Track Worlds: Hammer ready to pass pursuit torch to Dygert | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
^ "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
^ "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Points Race". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.
^ "Cyclist Hammer wins silver". Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^ "3-time Olympic cyclist Sarah Hammer retires from riding". USA TODAY. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

External links

Official web site of Sarah Hammer
Sarah Hammer at Cycling Archives (archived)
Sarah Hammer at the United States Olympic Committee
Sarah Hammer at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

Records
Preceded by Sarah Ulmer	Women's 3000 metre individual pursuit May 11, 2010 – March 3, 2018	Succeeded by Chloé Dygert

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[1] "Track Worlds: Hammer ready to pass pursuit torch to Dygert | Cyclingnews.com". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 12 April 2017.

[2] "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.

[3] "Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Points Race". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2010.

[4] "Cyclist Hammer wins silver". Retrieved 7 August 2012.

[5] "3-time Olympic cyclist Sarah Hammer retires from riding". USA TODAY. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

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-{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]]|[[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio de Janeiro]]|[[Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's Omnium|Omnium]]}}
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-{{MedalGold | [[2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2006 Bordeaux]] | [[2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2006 Bordeaux]]|[[2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalGold | [[2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2007 Palma de Mallorca]] | [[2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2007 Palma de Mallorca]]|[[2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalGold | [[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2010 Ballerup]] | [[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2010 Ballerup]]|[[2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalGold | [[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2011 Apeldoorn]] | [[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2011 Apeldoorn]]|[[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalGold | [[2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2013 Minsk]] | [[2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2013 Minsk]]|[[2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalGold | 2013 Minsk | [[2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalGold|2013 Minsk|[[2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
-{{MedalGold | [[2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2014 Cali]]| [[2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2014 Cali]]|[[2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
-{{MedalSilver | [[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2008 Manchester]] | [[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2016 London]]|[[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalSilver | 2011 Apeldoorn | [[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2008 Manchester]]|[[2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalSilver | 2011 Apeldoorn | [[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|2011 Apeldoorn|[[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
-{{MedalSilver | 2014 Cali | [[2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual Pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|2011 Apeldoorn|[[2011 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
-{{MedalBronze | [[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2012 Melbourne]]| [[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|2014 Cali|[[2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Individual Pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2017 Hong Kong]]|[[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race|Points race]]}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2012 Melbourne]]|[[2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalBronze|[[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2016 London]]|[[2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's omnium|Omnium]]}}
+{{MedalSilver|[[Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games|2015 Toronto]]|[[Cycling at the 2015 Pan American Games – Women's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}}
+{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Road and Track Championships|Pan American Championships]]}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2015 Pan American Track Cycling Championships|2015 Santiago]]|Omnium}}
+{{MedalGold|[[2015 Pan American Track Cycling Championships|2015 Santiago]]|Team pursuit}}
 }}
-'''Sarah Kathryn Hammer''' (born  August 18, 1983) is an American professional [[racing cyclist]] and two-time Olympic silver medalist.
+'''Sarah Kathryn Hammer''' (born August 18, 1983) is an American former professional [[Cycle sport|racing cyclist]] and four-times Olympic silver medalist. With eight world championships, she has been called, "America's most decorated track athlete."<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+Hammer announced her retirement from professional Cycling on September 23, 2017.
 ==Career==
-Hammer is a five-time champion (2006, 2007, 2010, 2011 & 2013) in the individual pursuit and two-time champion (2013 & 2014) in the [[omnium]] at the [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships]].
+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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/CYC/womens-individual-pursuit-3000-metres.html|title=Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Individual Pursuit, 3,000 metres|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2010-12-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/2008/CYC/womens-points-race.html|title=Cycling at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Points Race|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=2010-12-12}}</ref>
+At the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], Hammer finished fifth overall in the individual pursuit and did not finish in the points race.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
-At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Hammer won a team silver medal in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit|Women's team pursuit]], as well as an individual silver medal in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's Omnium|Women's Omnium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://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}}</ref>
+At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Hammer won a team silver medal in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's team pursuit|Women's team pursuit]], as well as an individual silver medal in the [[Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's omnium|women's omnium]].<ref>{{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}}</ref>
-Hammer currently holds the [[List of world records in track cycling|world record]] in the 3000&nbsp;m individual pursuit.
+Hammer held the [[World record progression track cycling – Women's individual pursuit|world record]] in the 3000&nbsp;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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
+==Major results==
+{{palmares start}}
+;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
+:[[2015 Pan American Track Cycling Championships|Pan American Track Championships]]
+::1st [[File:PanAmericanJersey.png|20px]] Omnium
+::1st [[File:PanAmericanJersey.png|20px]] Team Pursuit (with [[Kelly Catlin]], [[Ruth Winder]] and [[Jennifer Valente]])
+:[[2015 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]
+::1st [[File:gold medal blank.svg|15px]] Omnium
+::2nd [[File:silver medal blank.svg|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 [[File:silver medal blank.svg|15px]] [[2017 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race|Points race]], UCI World Track Championships
+{{palmares end}}
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.sarahhammer.us/ Official web site of Sarah Hammer]
+*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110208213125/http://sarahhammer.us/ Official web site of Sarah Hammer]
-*{{cycling archives|16812}}
+*{{cycling Archives|16812}}
-*[http://cycling.teamusa.org/athletes/sarah-hammer Sarah Hammer at the United States Olympic Committee]{{Dead link|date=September 2012}}
+*[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}}
-* [http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/sarah-hammer-1.html Sarah Hammer biography and Olympic results], from http://www.sports-reference.com/.
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+{{succession box|before=<br />{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Sarah Ulmer]]|title=[[List of world records in track cycling|Women's 3000 metre individual pursuit]]|years=May 11, 2010 &ndash; March 3, 2018|after=<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chloé Dygert]]}}
 {{s-end}}
+{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's individual pursuit}}
-{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
+{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's omnium}}
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+{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's team pursuit}}
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 [[Category:American female cyclists]]
-[[Category:Track cyclists]]
 [[Category:Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics]]
 [[Category:Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:Olympic cyclists of the United States]]
+[[Category:Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
-[[Category:UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)‎]]
+[[Category:UCI Track Cycling World Champions (women)]]
 [[Category:Sportspeople from Redondo Beach, California]]
-[[Category:Olympic medalists in cycling]]
+[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling]]
-[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States]]
 [[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Cyclists at the 2015 Pan American Games]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games]]
+[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling]]
+[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in cycling]]
+[[Category:American track cyclists]]
+[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
+[[Category:Cyclists from California]]
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v t e UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Women's team pursuit
2000s	2008: Great Britain (Houvenaghel, Romero, Rowsell) 2009: Great Britain (2) (Houvenaghel, Armitstead, Rowsell)
2010s	2010: Australia (Ankudinoff, Kent, Tomic) 2011: Great Britain (3) (Trott, Houvenaghel, King) 2012: Great Britain (4) (Trott, Rowsell, King) 2013: Great Britain (5) (Trott, E Barker, King) 2014: Great Britain (6) (Trott, E Barker, Rowsell, Archibald) 2015: Australia (2) (Edmundson, Ankudinoff, Cure, Hoskins) 2016: United States (Catlin, Dygert, Valente, Hammer) 2017: United States (2) (Catlin, Dygert, Valente, Geist) 2018: United States (3) (Catlin, Dygert, Valente, Geist) 2019: Australia (3) (Edmundson, Ankudinoff, Cure, Baker, Manly)
2020s	2020: United States (4) (Dygert, Valente, White, Williams) 2021: Germany (Brauße, Brennauer, Kröger, Süßemilch) 2022: Italy (Balsamo, Consonni, Fidanza, Guazzini, Alzini) 2023: Great Britain (7) (Archibald, E Barker, Knight, Morris, M Barker) 2024: Great Britain (8) (Archibald, Roberts, Knight, Morris, M Barker)
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.