Sara Carrigan
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Sara Carrigan OAM (born September 7, 1980 in Gunnedah, New South Wales) is a professional cyclist from Australia, who commenced her cycling career in 1996 at the age of fifteen.
She is a member of Professional cycling Team, Van Bemmelen - AA Drink (NED), and also of the Gold Coast Cats cycling club. She lives in Nerang in Queensland.
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.
[edit] Career highlights
2005 2nd Australian Open Road Time Trial Title SA; 2nd Australian Open Road Race Title 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
2004 1st 2004 Summer Olympics Road Race GRE
2003 1st Road World Cup Geelong AUS; 1st Stage 5 TT Tour de l'Aude FRA; 1st Stage 7b Tour de l'Aude FRA; 1st Time Trial Australian Titles VIC
2002 1st Time Trial, Australian Titles, VIC
2001 1st Sprint Classification Giro della Toscana ITA; 1st U23 Trophee d'or Feminin FRA; 1st U23 Tour de Snowy AUS
2000 1st Stage 8 Tour de Snowy NSW
1999 1st Teams TT Prologue Trophee d’Or FRA; 1st U23 Thuringen Rundfahrt GER
