Peter Latham (cyclist)

Peter David Latham (born 8 January 1984 in Te Awamutu, New Zealand) was a cycling competitor for New Zealand. He competed in the team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand finished tenth. In 2005 Latham won the bronze medal in the Under 23 Individual Time Trial at the Road World Championships in Madrid. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Hayden Godfrey and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit.[1]

Peter Latham

Personal information
Full name	Peter David Latham
Born	8 January 1984 Te Awamutu, New Zealand
Amateur teams
2005–2006	Cotes d'Armor Cyclisme
2007-2008	Albi Velo Sport
Professional teams
2009–2010	Bissell
2011–2012	Subway Pro Cycling Team
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Men's track cycling Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne Team pursuit World Championships 2009 Pruszków Team Pursuit 2010 Ballerup Team Pursuit Men's road cycling World Championships 2005 Madrid Under-23 Time Trial

After breaking his back in a crash in 2007, Latham came back to represent New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics. At the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Poland, Latham along with Marc Ryan, Jesse Sergent, and Westley Gough claimed the bronze medal in the team pursuit. The following year Latham was part of the New Zealand team pursuit that won bronze again at the 2010 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Denmark.

At the 2011-2012 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Latham won the Individual Pursuit at the Beijing round. He was the overall World Cup series winner in the Individual Pursuit that season and finished the season ranked World Number One in the Individual pursuit by the Union Cycliste International.

Latham retired at the end of 2012. He currently works as a Fixed Income trader with the Bank of New Zealand.

References

1. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website