Sara Carrigan

Sara Carrigan

Personal information
Full name	Sara Carrigan
Born	7 September 1980 (1980-09-07) (age 31) Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Medal record Competitor for  Australia Road bicycle racing Olympic Games Gold Athens 2004 Individual Road Race
Infobox last updated on 7 September 2008

Sara Carrigan OAM (born 7 September 1980 in Gunnedah, New South Wales) is a professional cyclist from Australia, who commenced her cycling career in 1996 at the age of fifteen and is currently a member of the Belgian Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam.

She was formerly a member of Professional cycling Team, Van Bemmelen - AA Drink (NED). She lives in Nerang in Queensland and is a member of the Gold Coast Cats cycling club. She graduated from Somerset College in 1998 and completed her tertiary education at Griffith University ^[1]

Her greatest success as a road cyclist has been in the 2004 Summer Olympics Women's Road race where she won the gold medal. With a few laps to the finish Carrigan crossed a gap to the leading group to join fellow Australian cyclist, Oenone Wood. At the start of the final lap Carrigan broke away, with only Judith Arndt of Germany following, leaving Wood to successfully distract the rest in the following group, allowing her to win the gold medal.

She was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. Other awards include Australian Female Road Cyclist of the Year in 2002, 2003, 2004.

Career highlights

1999

1st Teams TT Prologue Trophee d’Or FRA

1st U23 Thuringen Rundfahrt GER

2000

1st Stage 8 Tour de Snowy NSW

2001

1st Sprint Classification Giro della Toscana ITA

1st U23 Trophee d'or Feminin FRA

1st U23 Tour de Snowy AUS

2002

1st Australian National Time Trial Championships, VIC

2003

1st Road Geelong World Cup AUS

1st Stage 5 TT Tour de l'Aude FRA

1st Stage 7b Tour de l'Aude FRA

1st Time Trial Australian Titles VIC

2004

1st 2004 Summer Olympics Road Race GRE

2005

2nd Australian National Time Trial Championships SA

2nd Australian National Road Race Championships SA

2nd Stage 4 Women's Tour NZL

2nd Individual Pursuit Australian Track Titles SA

3rd Overall Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y Leon Feminas ESP

3rd Stage 1 Vuelta Ciclista Castilla y Leon Feminas ESP

2006

2nd Australian National Time Trial Championships

2nd Australian National Road Race Championships

2007

1st Sprint classification Bay Classic Series AUS

References

1. ^ [ :: Griffith at the Commonwealth Games - Griffith University :: ]

External links

• Personal website
• Australian Cycling Federation Profile

Persondata
Name	Carrigan, Sara
Alternative names
Short description	Australian racing cyclist
Date of birth	7 September 1980
Place of birth	Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia
Date of death
Place of death