Sarah Walker (BMX rider)

For other people named Sarah Walker, see Sarah Walker (disambiguation).

Sarah Walker

Personal information
Full name	Sarah Walker
Nickname	Sez
Born	July 10, 1988 (1988-07-10) (age 23) New Zealand
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	74 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Team NZ
Discipline	BMX
Role	Racer
Rider type	Off Road
Medal record Competitor for  New Zealand BMX World Championships Silver 2011 Copenhagen Women's BMX Silver 2010 Pietermaritzburg Women's BMX Gold 2009 Adelaide Women's BMX Gold 2009 Adelaide Women's Cruiser Bronze 2008 Taiyuan Women's BMX Bronze 2008 Taiyuan Women's Cruiser Silver 2007 Victoria Women's BMX Gold 2007 Victoria Women's Cruiser Bronze 2006 São Paulo Women's BMX Junior Silver 2006 São Paulo Women's Cruiser Junior Silver 2005 Paris Women's Cruiser Junior Supercross World Cup Bronze 2007 Women's BMX Bronze 2008 Women's BMX
Infobox last updated on Aug 4, 2010

Sarah Walker (born 10 July 1988) is a BMX racer who was born in Whakatane, New Zealand, currently residing in Kawerau, New Zealand. She started BMXing in 1999 when she saw her brother, Matt, riding one day^{[citation needed]}. And she has made her career from there ever since.

In the 2008 season UCI Rounds, Sarah had won 7 races, came 2nd in one race and didn't race two races. She was ranked number one in the world by the UCI [1] in 2008, and was one of the favorites to win the BMX women's event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing 4th.

Walker has also won 9 New Zealand age group titles from 1999 to 2008.

On 25 July 2009, Walker won the BMX World Championship in Adelaide, Australia in both the Elite Women and the Elite Cruiser Women events^[1][2] . In the 2010 BMX World Championship in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Walker came in second place in the Elite Women, with first place going to Shanaze Reade, and a crash during racing for the Elite Cruiser Women meant that Walker was not able maintain her 2009 championship title.^[3]

As well as competing in BMX events around the world Sarah Walker has also been a sports ambassador for Beef + Lamb New Zealand since 2008,^[4] and is currently a sponsored rider of Avanti Bikes using their line of ABD BMX bikes when racing.^[5]

References

1. ^ "Kiwi wins World BMX crown". Stuff.co.nz. 25 July 2009. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/2674158/Kiwi-wins-World-BMX-crown. Retrieved 7 November 2011. 
2. ^ "BMX: Walker double world champ". The New Zealand Herald. NZPA. 27 July 2009. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10586844. Retrieved 7 November 2011. 
3. ^ "Sarah Walker claims silver at BMX world champs". Stuff.co.nz. 1 August 2010. http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/3979377/Sarah-Walker-claims-silver-at-BMX-world-champs. Retrieved 7 November 2011. 
4. ^ Sports Ambassador: Sarah Walker
5. ^ Sarah Walker: Queen of the Track

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Persondata
Name	Ellsworth, Quentin
Alternative names
Short description	dj racer
Date of birth	1988-07-10
Place of birth	Kawerau, New Zealand
Date of death	beast
Place of death