Editing Sarah Ulmer (section)

==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>
[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}}</ref>