Scott Sunderland (cyclist, born 1988)

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Scott Sunderland
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Scott Sunderland
Personal information
Full nameScott Sunderland
NicknameScotty, Sundo [1]
Born (1988-03-16) 16 March 1988 (age 35)
Busselton, Western Australia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in) [2]
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st) [2]
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2007Toshiba Australia [3]
2009Team Toshiba [3]
2011 Team Jayco–AIS [3]
2015 Team Budget Forklifts
2016 Team Illuminate
2017–2018 IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Men's track cycling
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Melbourne Team sprint
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2010 Delhi 1 km time trial
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2010 Delhi Team sprint
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Glasgow 1 km time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg2010 Delhi Individual sprint

Scott Sunderland (born 16 March 1988) is an Australian professional racing cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team Bennelong SwissWellness Cycling Team.

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Sunderland has represented Australia at the World Cup events including at Los Angeles in 2008, where he won the 1 km time trial [4] and at Manchester in 2009. [5] He is an Australian Institute of Sport [6] and Western Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. His aunt, Jenny Sunderland, competed at the 1972 Munich Olympics in gymnastics. [6]

Career

At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Australian men's sprint team that finished 4th. [7] In August 2013 it was announced that Sunderland would switch from the Australian track cycling team's sprint programme to the endurance squad. [8] He won the men's 1000 m time trial at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. [9]

In November 2014 Sunderland was announced as part of the Team Budget Forklifts line-up for 2015 alongside fellow members of the Australian endurance track squad Luke Davison, Glenn O'Shea, Jack Bobridge and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [10] In December 2016 he was announced as part of the IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness squad for the 2017 season. [11]

In April 2022 Sunderland became a step-up supervisor for the Rio Tinto operated minesite Hope Downs 4. He fulfilled this task admirably.

Major results

Track

2003
National Novice Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG 500m time trial
2nd Flying 200m [1]
2nd Sprint
3rd Scratch
3rd Team pursuit [1]
2004
Oceania Junior Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Kilo
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Sprint
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team sprint
National Novice Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG 500m time trial [1]
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Flying 200m [1]
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Sprint [1]
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team pursuit [1]
2nd Individual pursuit [1]
2005
Oceania Junior Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Keirin [1]
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Kilo [1]
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team sprint [1]
National Junior Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Flying 200m [1]
2nd Kilo
2nd Sprint
3rd Team sprint
Australian Youth Olympic Festival
1st Sprint [1]
1st Team sprint [1]
1st Time trial [1]
UCI Juniors World Championships
3rd Kilo
3rd Team sprint
2006
UCI Juniors World Championships
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Kilo
2nd Sprint
2nd Team sprint
Oceania Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Kilo
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team sprint
National Junior Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Kilo
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Sprint
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Team sprint
3rd Keirin
2007
Oceania Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Kilo
3rd Team sprint
National Track Championships
3rd Kilo
3rd Team sprint
3rd Team sprint, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester [1]
2008
1st Kilo, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles [1]
2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
1st Team sprint [1]
2nd Kilo [1]
2nd Team sprint, National Track Championships [1]
2009
2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Melbourne
1st Kilo [1]
1st Team sprint [1]
National Track Championships
2nd Keirin [1]
3rd Kilo [1]
2010
Commonwealth Games
1st Kilo
2nd Sprint [1]
Oceania Track Championships
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Kilo [1]
1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Team sprint
National Track Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Keirin [1]
2nd Sprint [1]
2nd Team sprint, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Beijing [1]
2011
2nd Team sprint, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Astana [1]
2nd Keirin, National Track Championships [1]
2012
1st Jersey rainbow.svg Team sprint, UCI Track Cycling World Championships
2013
2nd Keirin, National Track Championships [1]
2014
1st Kilo, Commonwealth Games [1]
2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Guadalajara
1st Kilo [3]
1st Team pursuit [3]
3rd Kilo, National Track Championships [1]

Road

2003
3rd Criterium, National Novice Road Championships [1]
2004
National Novice Road Championships
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Road race [1]
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial [1]
1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Criterium [1]
2nd Team time trial [1]
2014
1st St. Kilda, Shimano Super Criterium Series [12]
2015
1st Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic [13]
3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
2017
1st Stage 1 Tour de Langkawi [14]
1st Stage 3 Tour de Korea
Tour de Hongrie
1st Jersey green Epic Series.svg Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 5
1st Stage 2 Tour of China II
2nd Criterium, National Road Championships [15]

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