Niamh Fisher-Black

PARIS 2024 EVENT: Cycling-Road: Women’s Road Race

Nelson rider Niamh Fisher-Black stormed on to the world road scene to be awarded best young rider on the UCI Women’s World Tour in 2021.

Fisher-Black won the New Zealand Road Championship as under-23 rider in 2020 after joining Bigla Pro Cycling. Her performances led her to a contract with leading World Tour team, SD Worx 2021-2024.

Fisher-Black has recorded four wins as a professional including a stage win in Tour de Suisse and podium in Giro d’Italia.

She is known as a brilliant all-round rider with excellent climbing abilities. She won the U23 title at the World Championships in Australia in 2022, a month after placing 17th in the road race at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.