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Australian bicycle racer
Not——to be, confused with Scott Sunderland (road cyclist), (born 1966), Australian road racing cyclist. And team manager.

Scott Sunderland
Scott Sunderland
Personal information
Full nameScott Sunderland
NicknameScotty, Sundo
Born (1988-03-16) 16 March 1988 (age 36)
Busselton, Western Australia
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Professional teams
2007Toshiba Australia
2009Team Toshiba
2011Team Jayco–AIS
2015Team Budget Forklifts
2016Team Illuminate
2017–2018IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness

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

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

Career

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

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 domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In December 2016 he was announced as part of the IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness squad for the 2017 season.

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

Road

2003
3rd Criterium, National Novice Road Championships
2004
National Novice Road Championships
1st Road race
1st Time trial
1st Criterium
2nd Team time trial
2014
1st St. Kilda, Shimano Super Criterium Series
2015
1st Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
3rd Criterium, National Road Championships
2017
1st Stage 1 Tour de Langkawi
1st Stage 3 Tour de Korea
Tour de Hongrie
1st Points classification
1st Prologue & Stage 5
1st Stage 2 Tour of China II
2nd Criterium, National Road Championships

References

  1. ^ "HPU > Rider Profiles > Male > Scott Sunderland". Cycling Australia. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Scott Sunderland". wais.org.au. Western Australian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Scott Sunderland". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  4. ^ Two golds for Australia at track champs Archived 23 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Australia goes for youth at world cup
  6. ^ "Busselton flyer the wheel deal in sprint". The West Australian. 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Scott Sunderland Bio, "Stats," and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  8. ^ Homfray, Reece (13 August 2014). "World champ Scott Sunderland switches to endurance to help Australia chase team pursuit cycling glory". Herald Sun. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Scott Sunderland Profile". g2014results.thecgf.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2017.
  10. ^ "Bobridge back on the track with Team Budget Forklifts". cyclingnews.com. 10 November 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  11. ^ Price, Steve (21 December 2016). "IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness p/b Cervelo Announce Full 2017 Team Roster". IsoWhey Sports SwissWellness. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Wells, Sunderland crowned winners at Shimano Super Criterium". sbs.com.au. 14 December 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  13. ^ "Sunderland wins Melbourne Warrnambool Cycling Classic". Cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2015.
  14. ^ Woodpower, Zeb (21 February 2017). "Scott Sunderland wins 2017 Tour de Langkawi opener". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  15. ^ Woodpower, Zeb (4 January 2017). "Ewan wins sprint to take second criterium title". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 17 January 2017.

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