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Tayte Ryan (born 9 February 2006) is an Australian cyclist. In 2024, he won gold medals in the sprint and 1km time trial at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and became world junior record holder in the 1km time trial.
From South Australia, he started cycling with Port Adelaide cycling club in 2020. [2] He joined the South Australian Sport Institute when he was 14 years old. [1]
He won gold in the 1km time trial at the 2023 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships and also won four gold medals at the 2024 Oceania Track Championships. [3] In April 2024, he was nominated for Australian Emerging Athlete of the Year. [4]
He won gold medals in the sprint and 1km time trial at the 2024 UCI Junior Track Cycling World Championships. [5] In doing so, he set a world junior record in the 1km time trial, in Luoyang, China. [6] Later that year, he jumped up to the elite level to compete in the 2024 UCI Track Champions League. [7]
Anna Maree Devenish Meares is an Australian retired track cyclist. She currently resides in Adelaide in South Australia where the Australian Institute of Sport's Track Cycling program has its headquarters at the Adelaide Super-Drome.
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