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{{short description|New Zealand cyclist}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Sarah Ulmer
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=100%}}
| image          = Ulmer0206 176.jpg
| caption        = Ulmer at the 2002 [[Women's Challenge]]
| fullname       = Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer
| nickname       = 
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|3|14}}
| birth_place    = [[Auckland]], New Zealand
| height         = {{Convert|167|cm|ftin|frac=2|abbr=on}}
| weight         = {{Convert|64|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
| discipline     = Road and track
| role           = Rider
| ridertype      = Pursuiter / points race / time-trialist / road racer
| amateuryears1  = 
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| majorwins      = 
| medaltemplates = 
{{MedalCountry| {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[track cycling]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold  | [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] | [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit|Individual Pursuit]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalGold  | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | Individual Pursuit}}
{{MedalGold  | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | Individual Pursuit}}
{{MedalSilver  | [[1998 Commonwealth Games|1998 Kuala Lumpur]] | Points Race}}
{{MedalSilver  | [[1994 Commonwealth Games|1994 Victoria]] | Individual Pursuit}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2004]] | Individual Pursuit}}
{{MedalBronze  | [[1999 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|1999]] | Points Race}}
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'''Sarah Elizabeth Ulmer''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|ONZM|size=85%}} (born 14 March 1976) is a New Zealand former competitive cyclist. She is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal, which she won in the [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit|3km individual pursuit at the 2004 Athens Olympics]] setting a world record.

After the 2004 Olympics, she held the Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championship Pursuit titles, and the records for those events.

==Biography==
Ulmer was born in [[Auckland]], where she studied at the [[Diocesan School for Girls, Auckland|Diocesan School for Girls]].
Her grandfather [[Ron Ulmer]] was a track cyclist for New Zealand at the [[1938 British Empire Games]].
Her father Gary was a national road and track champion.<ref name="Leader">{{cite news |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/communities/2-minutes-with/6076053/Life-focus-shift-for-first-lady-of-speed |title=Life focus shift for first lady of speed |date=2 December 2011 |publisher=The Leader |access-date=2 January 2013}}</ref>

===Individual pursuit races===
In 1994, she won the World Junior Championship and placed second at the [[1994 Commonwealth Games#Track|1994 Commonwealth Games]] in Canada with a time of 3 minutes 51 seconds.

At the [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's pursuit|1996 Atlanta Olympics]], she was seventh after qualifying 6th with 3m 43s.<ref name=SR>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/sarah-ulmer-1.html |title=Sarah Ulmer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ul/sarah-ulmer-1.html |archive-date=2020-04-18}}</ref>

At the [[1998 Commonwealth Games#Track cycling|1998 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kuala Lumpur]], she won the gold medal with 3m 41.7s.<ref name=CG1998>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1998/sep98/cgtrack.html#wpursuit "1998 Commonwealth Games Track Competition Malaysia, Women's 3000m Pursuit"] 16–19 September 1998 cyclingnews.com</ref>

At the [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's individual pursuit|2000 Sydney Olympics]], she qualified 4th with 3m 36.8s and came 4th after losing the ride off for third by 0.08 of a second.<ref name=SR/>

At the [[Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games#Track|2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games]], she won the gold and set a games record of 3m 32.4s.<ref name=CG2002>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/jul02/commgames02/?id=women3000IP "Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit, Ulmer breaks Games record to win IP"] Gerry McManus, cyclingnews.com 2 August 2002</ref>

In May 2004, she won the [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championship]] in [[Melbourne]] and set a world record of [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|3m 30.6s]] in qualifying.<ref name=WC2004>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track/2004/WTC04/?id=ipwom-qual "World Track Championships 2004 Melbourne Australia, Women's 3000m Individual Pursuit qualifying, Ulmer takes world record"] cyclingnews.com 27 May 2004</ref>
At the Athens [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]] she broke the world record in qualifying with [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's individual pursuit|3m 26.4s]] and took almost two seconds off that time to win the gold in the final with 3m 24.5s. Ulmer reduced the world record by six seconds.
The silver and bronze medalists, [[Katie Mactier]] from [[Australia]] and [[Leontien van Moorsel|Leontien Ziljaard-van Moorsel]] from the [[Netherlands]], also went under the previous world record (3m 30.6s) in each of their three rides. They rode faster with each ride and rode 3m 27.6s and 3m 27.0s respectively in the finals.

In May 2010 at Aguascalientes, Mexico at an altitude of {{Convert|1870|m|ft}}, American [[Sarah Hammer]] broke Ulmer's world record with a time of 3m 22.269s. As of September 2014 nine current [[List of world records in track cycling|world cycling records]] for distances of 4&nbsp;km or less have been set at Aguascalientes.

The current world championship record of 3m 27.268s was set by fellow New Zealander, [[Alison Shanks]] in Melbourne in 2012.<ref>[http://bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_trackWorlds.html Track Cycling World Championships 2014 to 1893] bikecult.com. Retrieved 5 October 2014.</ref>

===Other races===
Ulmer did well in [[points race]]s, winning a junior world championship and placing 3rd and 4th at senior world championships. She placed 2nd and 5th (twice) at Commonwealth Games.

After the 2004 Olympics she switched to road racing. The Cycling Archives website includes results for her competing in road races in the US, France, Australia, Belgium and Germany from 1999 to 2006.<ref name=CA>
{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130425144916/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6015 Sarah Ulmer profile]}} cyclingarchives.com</ref>

===Other information===
Ulmer trained at the velodrome in [[Te Awamutu]]. Her home town is [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]]. Ulmer has two daughters.<ref name="Leader"/>

In the [[2005 New Year Honours]], Ulmer was made an [[New Zealand Order of Merit|Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit]], for services to cycling.<ref>[http://www.dpmc.govt.nz/node/379 New Year Honours List 2005] Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 2 January 2013.</ref>

Ulmer announced her retirement from cycling on 24 November 2007.<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/1318241/1461545 Ulmer hangs up the bike] TVNZ News, 27 November 2007. Retrieved 2 January 2012.</ref> She attended the 2008 Olympics as a mentor.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/sarah-ulmer |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522001545/http://www.olympic.org.nz/nzolympic/athlete/sarah-ulmer |url-status=live |archive-date=22 May 2010 |title=Sarah Ulmer |website=Olympic.org.nz |publisher=[[New Zealand Olympic Committee]]}}</ref>

In 2011, Ulmer signed up as an 'ambassador' for the [[New Zealand Cycle Trail]].<ref name=ULMERTRAIL>{{cite news |title=PM Announces Sarah Ulmer As Cycle Trail Ambassador |url=http://www.voxy.co.nz/national/pm-announces-sarah-ulmer-cycle-trail-ambassador/5/90758 |access-date=30 July 2011 |newspaper=Voxy |date=25 May 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Palmarès==
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'''Source:'''<ref name=CA /><ref>[http://www.the-sports.org/sarah-ulmer-track-cycling-spf9786.html Track Cycling - Sarah Ulmer] the-sports.org</ref><ref name="Cnews" >[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track.php?id=riders/2003/interviews/sarah_ulmer03 An interview with Sarah Ulmer] cyclingnews.com. 2003</ref><ref>[http://www.kidsonbikes.co.nz/kobs/sarah.asp Sarah Ulmer's Page] kidsonbikes.co.nz</ref>   
All pursuits are 3&nbsp;km individual, apart from two 2&nbsp;km junior pursuits.

;1993
:2nd [[File:Silver medal icon.svg]] Pursuit World Junior Championships (2km)

;1994
:1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Pursuit World Junior Championships (2km)
:1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] Points Race World Junior Championships
:2nd [[File:Silver medal icon.svg]] [[Cycling at the 1994 Commonwealth Games|Pursuit Commonwealth Games]]
:5th Points Race Commonwealth Games

;1995
:1st Pursuit, National Championships
:2nd Points Race, National Championships
:3rd Sprint, National Championships
:2nd Pursuit, Australia National Championships
:1st [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's individual pursuit|Pursuit, Adelaide World Cup]]
:3rd [[UCI Track Cycling World Cup – Women's points race|Points Race, Adelaide World Cup]]
:1st Pursuit, Quito World Cup
:1st Pursuit, Tokyo World Cup

;1996
:1st Pursuit, National Championships
:2nd Points Race, National Championships
:7th [[Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's individual pursuit|Pursuit Atlanta Olympics]]
 
;1998
:1st [[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] [[Cycling at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Pursuit Commonwealth Games]]
:2nd [[File:Silver medal icon.svg]] [[Cycling at the 1998 Commonwealth Games|Points Race Commonwealth Games]]
:2nd Pursuit, National Championships
:1st Points Race, National Championships

;1999
:3rd [[File:Bronze medal icon.svg]] [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's Points Race|Points Race World Championships]]<ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/oct99/trackw995.html "1999 World Track Championships Germany, Women's Points Race"] cyclingnews.com 24 October 1999</ref>
:6th Pursuit, World Championships<ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/1999/oct99/trackw992.html#wp "1999 World Track Championships Germany, Women's Individual Pursuit"] cyclingnews.com 21 October 1999</ref>
:2nd Pursuit, Texas World Cup
:2nd Pursuit, Cali World Cup

;2000
:4th [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's individual pursuit|Pursuit Sydney Olympics]]
:8th [[Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's points race|Points Race Sydney Olympics]]
:1st Pursuit, Cali World Cup
:2nd Pursuit, Turin World Cup

;2001
:1st Pursuit, Mexico City World Cup
:1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] National Criterium Championships
:1st Stage 8 [[Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Féminin]]
:1st Stage 8 [[Tour de Snowy]]

;2002
:1st Pursuit National Championships
:1st Points Race National Championships
:1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] National Criterium Championships
:1st Pursuit, Sydney World Cup
:1st Scratch Race, Sydney World Cup
:3rd Points Race, Sydney World Cup
:1st [[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] [[Cycling at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Pursuit Commonwealth Games]]<ref name=CG2002/>  
:5th Points Race Commonwealth Games<ref name=CG2002PR>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2002/jul02/commgames02/?id=womenpoint "Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games Women's Points Race"] cyclingnews.com 30 July 2002</ref>

;2003
:4th Pursuit World Championships<ref>[http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/track/2003/WTC03/?id=ipwom "2003 World Track Championships Germany, Women's Individual Pursuit"] cyclingnews.com 2 August 2003</ref>
:1st Pursuit, Mexico World Cup
:1st Pursuit, Sydney World Cup
:3rd Points Race, Sydney World Cup
:3rd Scratch Race, Sydney World Cup
:1st Pursuit, National Championships
:1st Points Race, National Championships
:3rd 500m Time Trial, National Championships

;2004
:1st [[File:Jersey rainbow.svg|20px]] [[UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit|Pursuit World Championships]]<ref name=WC2004/>
:4th [[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race|Points Race World Championships]]
:1st Pursuit, Mexico World Cup
:3rd Scratch Race, Mexico World Cup
:1st Pursuit, Sydney World Cup
:1st Stage 4 [[Geelong Tour]] 
:3rd Points Race, Sydney World Cup
:1st [[File:Gold medal icon.svg]] [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's individual pursuit|Pursuit Olympic Games]]
:6th [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's points race|Points Race Olympic Games]]

;2005
:1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] [[New Zealand National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]]
:1st [[File:MaillotNuevaZelanda.PNG|20px]] [[New Zealand National Time Trial Championships|National Time Trial Championships]]
:1st [[File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png|20px]] Road Race Oceania Games
:1st [[File:OceaniaChampionJersey.png|20px]] Time Trial Oceania Games

;2006
:1st Overall [[Tour of New Zealand]]<ref>[http://www.cqranking.com/women/asp/gen/race.asp?raceid=2022 Tour of New Zealand 2006] cqranking.com. 4 March 2006</ref>
::1st Stage 1 & 4
:1st World Cup Road Race Wellington<ref name=UCIWC>[http://www.womenscycling.net/2006/EventsPages2006/WorldCupRoad/02_004_WellingtonResults.htm Sarah Ulmer takes brilliant victory 2006] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911120118/http://www.womenscycling.net/2006/EventsPages2006/WorldCupRoad/02_004_WellingtonResults.htm |date=11 September 2014 }} womenscycling.net. 5 March 2006</ref>
: 6th Overall [[Geelong Tour]]

;2007
:3rd [[New Zealand National Road Race Championships|National Road Race Championships]]

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==Photo gallery==
<gallery>
File:Ulmer0106_365.jpg|2001 [[Women's Challenge]] circuit race
File:Ulmer0206_177.jpg|2002 [[Women's Challenge]] – time trial
File:Ulmer0206 393.jpg|2002 [[Women's Challenge]] – stage 7
</gallery>

==References==
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*{{cite book |last=Butcher |first=Margot |title=Golden Girls: Celebrating New Zealand's six female Olympic gold medallists |year=2010 |publisher=HarperSports/HarperCollins |location=Auckland |isbn=978-1-86950-892-0 |pages=60–83}}

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