Camberwell Grammar School and Friends of Cycling invite all Year 7-12 Cycling and Triathlon Squad Students and Families to
The Friends of Cycling and Triathlon End of Season Presentation Evening
6:00 – 8:00 pm Monday 3 April 2023 The Camberwell Room
The night will include an address from the Friends of Cycling committee followed by a presentation from our special guest speaker, professional and Olympic athlete Sarah Gigante
Light refreshments with pizza, hot and cold drinks will be served. Bookings can be made through:
https://www.trybooking.com/CGZPG
Cost: $20 single or $40 family
Students will be required to be in full school uniform for the presentation. Parking onsite
About the Guest Speaker:
If you had to describe the first few seasons of Sarah Gigante’s professional racing career, you’d probably call them “disrupted”. Broken bones, concussion, COVID, a serious heart condition – all have led to extended stints off the bike for the now-22-year-old Australian. There have been some soaring highs to go with those lows, too. Signing with one of the world’s top teams, for one, and representing Australia at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. And that’s not to mention her first professional victory in Europe, in May 2022.
https://www.cyclingtips.com/2022/11/sarah-gigante-on-the-ups-and-downs-of-her-first-worldtourseason/
In 2018, Gigante achieved a perfect high school Australian Tertiary Admission Rank (ATAR) score of 99.95 and received the University of Melbourne Chancellor's Scholarship.[20] She is studying a double degree in linguistics and geography.[21]
In 2018, Gigante was national junior champion in the road race, individual time trial and criterium,[5] won the junior women's road race at the 2018 Oceania Cycling Championships,[6] won the silver medal in the Junior World Track Championships points race, In 2019, aged 18, Gigante won the elite women's race at the Australian National Road Race Championships [8][9] She was awarded the 2019 Amy Gillett Foundation Scholarship to support her development as a professional cyclist. In December 2019, it was announced that Gigante would turn professional with the Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank team.[1] In January 2020, she won the Australian National Time Trial Championships [11] She won the overall at the Australian National Road Series.[12] She re-signed with Tibco-SVB for the 2021 season.[13]
Gigante finished second in the inaugural UCI Cycling Esports World Championships.[14] She had a strong start to the 2021 season in Australia winning the general classification and two stages at the Santos Festival of Cycling.[15] She then defended her national title in the individual time trial.[16]
Gigante was selected to compete in the road race and time trial at the Tokyo Olympics [17] She finished 40th in the road race and 11th in the time trial.[18]
Movistar (2022) - Gigante had her first win in Europe at the Emakumeen Nafarroako Klasikoa.[19]