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Kōrero: Cycle racing

Sarah Ulmer

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Sarah Ulmer

Sarah Ulmer rides a victory lap after winning the 3000-metre individual pursuit race at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. It was New Zealand's first Olympic cycling gold medal. Sarah came from a legendary cycling family. Her grandfather, Ron Ulmer, was a national cycling champion in the 1930s and her father, Gary, was a 1950s cycling champion.

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Simon Kennett, Cycle racing – Road and track: from the mid-20th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/40277/sarah-ulmer (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Simon Kennett, i tāngia i te 3 December 2012, updated 1 October 2015.