Sam Welsford

Sam Welsford (born 19 January 1996) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. Welsford qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and was part of the Men's team pursuit together with Kelland O'Brien, Leigh Howard and Alexander Porter. They secured a bronze medal after overlapping New Zealand who had crashed. Welsford also competed in the Men's Madison where the team finished fifth with a time of 3:48.448 and therefore did not qualify for the final.
Biography
Welsford's father was a keen cyclist, and Sam began joining him on rides when he was seven. Welsford worked hard at his cycling and won team pursuit junior world titles in 2013 and 2014.
After spending much of his career as a track specialist with occasional forays onto the road, Welsford signed with UCI WorldTeam in November 2021, for two years. He rode in the men's team pursuit at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships winning a gold medal. Welsford won the 2019 UCI Men's elite Scratch race world championships less than an hour after breaking the Men's team pursuit World Record in a time of 3 minutes 48.012 seconds.
Major results
Road
2011
2nd Time trial, National Novice Championships
2014
1st Stage 1 Goldfields Classic
2016
2nd National Under-23 Criterium Championships
2017
1st Overall Tour of Gippsland
1st Stages 1, 2 & 3
2nd Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic
2018
1st Noosa International Criterium
2nd Oita Ikoinomichi Criterium
3rd National Under-23 Criterium Championships
3rd Overall Tour of the King Valley
1st Stage 2
4th Overall Tour of the Great South Coast
1st Stage 3
2019
1st Wal Smith Memorial - Casterton 50
1st Stage 1 Tour of the Riverland
3rd Overall Tour of the Great South Coast
1st Stages 1 & 3
2020
1st National Criterium Championships
1st Overall Bay Classic Series
1st Stage 1
2022 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey
3rd Scheldeprijs
4th Bredene Koksijde Classic
2023 (4)
1st Grand Prix Criquielion
Vuelta a San Juan
1st Stages 6 & 7
1st Stage 4 Renewi Tour
2nd Overall ZLM Tour
2nd Scheldeprijs
3rd Bredene Koksijde Classic
3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Track
2013
UCI World Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Omnium
3rd Madison (with Joshua Harrison)
2014
UCI World Junior Championships
1st Team pursuit
2nd Omnium
Oceania Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Madison (with Scott Law)
National Championships
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Madison (with Matthew Jackson)
3rd Individual pursuit
3rd Scratch
2015
2nd Scratch, Oceania Championships
National Championships
2nd Points race
2nd Scratch
2nd Omnium
2016
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
1st Individual pursuit, National Championships
2nd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
2017
1st Team pursuit, UCI World Championships
Oceania Championships
1st Team pursuit
1st Points race
3rd Omnium
National Championships
1st Madison (with Cameron Meyer)
1st Team pursuit
1st Scratch
2018
Commonwealth Games
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit
National Championships
1st Individual pursuit
2nd Team sprint
UCI World Cup
1st Omnium, Berlin
1st Team pursuit, Berlin
2019
UCI World Championships
1st Scratch
1st Team pursuit
Oceania Championships
1st Omnium
1st Scratch
National Championships
2nd Madison (with Cameron Scott)
3rd Team pursuit
UCI World Cup
2nd Madison, Hong Kong (with Kelland O'Brien)
3rd Madison, Glasgow (with Leigh Howard)
2nd Six Days of Melbourne (with Cameron Scott)
3rd Six Days of Brisbane (with Cameron Scott)
2020
Oceania Championships
1st Omnium
1st Madison (with Kelland O'Brien)
2021
3rd Team pursuit, Olympic Games
References
External links
1996 births
Living people
Australian male cyclists
Cyclists from Perth, Western Australia
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Australia
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Australia
Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in cycling
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Cyclists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
Australian track cyclists
Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Sportsmen from Western Australia