Sarah Van Dam

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Sarah Van Dam
Personal information
Born (2001-12-04) 4 December 2001 (age 22)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team information
Current team DNA Pro Cycling
Discipline Track, Road
Professional team
2023– DNA Pro Cycling
Medal record
Women's track cycling
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Lima Elimination race
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Lima Team pursuit
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Lima Omnium
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Lima Madison
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Lima Scratch
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Lima Points race

Sarah Van Dam (born 4 December 2001) is a Canadian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team DNA Pro Cycling. [1] [2]

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Early life

Van Dam began cycle racing in 2013 and attended Tripleshot Youth Cycling Club. She attended Oak Bay High School and the Canadian Sport School Victoria. She won seven national junior titles at the 2018 Canadian Junior Track Championships held in Milton, Ontario. She also made the podium at the Canadian junior road championships. In 2019, aged 17 years-old, she joined Trek Red Truck Racing. [3] [4]

Career

Van Dam won four gold medals at the 2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Lima, Peru in 2022, winning gold in the Madison, omnium, team pursuit and elimination race. [5] She represented Canada at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October 2022, at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France. [6] In November 2022, at the same track in France she was involved in a crash involving Lea Lin Teutenberg and Rachele Barbieri which left her having to pull a sizeable wooden splinter from her arm. [7] In July 2024, Van Dam qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in track cycling. [8] [9] [10] [11]

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