Aaron Gate

EVENTS: Track Cycling: Men's Team Pursuit, Madison, Omnium

Aaron Gate emerged with a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the Junior World Championships in South Africa in 2008. He joined the high performance squad in 2010, finishing just out of the medals at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi before winning a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the London Olympic Games.

Gate transferred to the new Olympic discipline of the omnium, becoming a marked man when he won the world title at Belarus in 2013. He has since won a further four world championship medals on the track including a silver in the team pursuit and Madison in Berlin in 2020 when he formed an outstanding combination with Campbell Stewart.

He has also impressed on the road with several years riding for UCI Pro Continental teams in Europe, earning a start in a Grand Tour, while back home he picked up two overall wins in the Tour of Southland in 2016 and 2020.