| Sarah Van Dam | |
| Birth Date: | 4 December 2001 |
| Birth Place: | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada |
| Discipline: | Track, Road |
| Proyears1: | 2023– |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Sarah Van Dam (born 4 December 2001) is a Canadian track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team .[1] [2]
Van Dam began cycle racing in 2013 and attended Tripleshot Youth Cycling Club. She attended Oak Bay High School and the Canadian Sport School Victoria. She won seven national junior titles at the 2018 Canadian Junior Track Championships held in Milton, Ontario. She also made the podium at the Canadian junior road championships. In 2019, aged 17 years-old, she joined Trek Red Truck Racing.[3] [4]
Van Dam won four gold medals at the 2022 Pan American Track Cycling Championships in Lima, Peru in 2022, winning gold in the Madison, omnium, team pursuit and elimination race.[5] She represented Canada at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in October 2022, at the Vélodrome National in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France.[6] In November 2022, at the same track in France she was involved in a crash involving Lea Lin Teutenberg and Rachele Barbieri which left her having to pull a sizeable wooden splinter from her arm.[7] In July 2024, Van Dam qualified to compete for Canada at the 2024 Summer Olympics in track cycling.[8] [9] [10] [11]