Tom Sexton

EVENT: Cycling-Track: Men's Team Pursuit, Madison, Omnium

Tom Sexton is another product from the Southland cycling programme, having won the gold medal in Team Pursuit and silver with Campbell Stewart in the Madison at the Junior Worlds in 2016. He moved to the high-performance Squad in 2017 with World Cup debut in Cali before finishing second in the Madison and third in the Scratch Race in the World Cup in Los Angeles. He won a bronze medal in the Scratch Race at the 2019 World Championships and has been an invaluable member of the high performance squad since.

He won gold in the Team Pursuit at the 2022 Commonwealth games and silver behind Gate in the Individual Pursuit, and since the retirement of Regan Gough, he has been the specialist starter for the Team Pursuit.

Sexton was a key member of the Bolton Equities Black Spoke squad in Europe, with stage wins in the Tour of Thailand and NZ Cycle Classic, where he won the green jersey in 2022. He won the Oceania time trial honours in 2023, and now rides for St George Continental team.