1. Olivia Rose Podmore was a New Zealand professional racing cyclist.
18 Facts About Olivia Podmore
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Olivia Podmore represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
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Olivia Podmore's great-grandfather, Cornelis Gerardus Tabak, was an Olympic weightlifter for Holland in the 1928 Amsterdam Games.
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In 2015, Olivia Podmore moved to Cambridge in Waikato to train with the national cycling team.
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That year, Olivia Podmore won silver alongside Emma Cumming in the team sprint and bronze in the time trial at the Junior Track World Championships in Astana.
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Olivia Podmore rode in the women's team sprint event at the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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Olivia Podmore competed at the 2016 Rio Olympics, although she and her teammate Natasha Hansen did not advance from the qualification round in the team sprint.
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Olivia Podmore crashed in the keirin event at the games and finished 25th in the event.
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Olivia Podmore came 23rd in the heats of the individual sprint event at the games.
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At that year's Oceania Track Championships, Olivia Podmore came second in the 500 metres time trial event, and she came second alongside Emma Cumming in the team sprint event.
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Olivia Podmore competed for New Zealand at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
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Olivia Podmore was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the individual sprint competition and came sixth in the keirin event at the games.
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Olivia Podmore won the 500 metres time trial event at the 2019 Oceania Track Cycling Championships and competed in the team sprint event at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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Olivia Podmore competed in the same event at the 2020 Championships.
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Olivia Podmore reached the qualification criteria for the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics but was not selected by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
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Olivia Podmore died in Cambridge on the evening of 9 August 2021, aged 24.
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Olivia Podmore's death is a suspected suicide and was referred to the coroner.
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Olivia Podmore's funeral was held in Christchurch on 13 August 2021.