Aaron Murray Gate (born 26 November 1990)[1] is a New Zealandroad andtrack cyclist,[5] who currently rides forUCI WorldTeamXDS Astana Team.[6][7] He represented his country in track cycling at the2012,2016 and2020 Summer Olympics. Gate is the first New Zealand athlete to win four gold medals at a singleCommonwealth Games.[8]
He won a bronze medal at the2012 Summer Olympics in theteam pursuit event with teammatesSam Bewley,Marc Ryan,Jesse Sergent andWestley Gough.[9] On 24 February 2013 inBelarus, Gate won the world championship title in theomnium event. AlongsidePieter Bulling,Regan Gough, andDylan Kennett, he came fourth in themen's team pursuit at the2016 Rio Olympics, being beaten byDenmark to the bronze medal.[10] He was named in the startlist for the2017 Vuelta a España.[11] In 2021 he won his first national title winning theNew Zealand National Time Trial Championships by 0.7 seconds ahead ofGeorge Bennett.[12]
At the2020 Summer Olympics, Gate competed in theteam pursuit event with teammatesRegan Gough,Jordan Kerby andCampbell Stewart. In the bronze medal race against Australia, he crashed after clipping Kerby's rear wheel, fracturing hiscollarbone. He subsequently withdrew from the rest of the Games, and was replaced by Stewart in the madison and omnium events.[13]
In 2022, at the age of 31, Gate became a quadruple Commonwealth champion when taking gold in theindividual pursuit,team pursuit andpoints race on the track as well as the road race at the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham.[14][15][16][17][18]
Sprints classification
OverallTour of Southland Points classification
Mountains classification,Tour of Austria OverallNew Zealand Cycle Classic OverallTour of Southland
Time trial, National Championships
Road race
Time trial,Oceania Championships
OverallInternational Tour of HellasTime trial, National Championships Time trial
Road raceRoad race OverallTour of Hainan Points classification OverallNew Zealand Cycle Classic OverallTrans-Himalaya Cycling Race OverallBoucles de la Mayenne| Grand Tour | 2017 |
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 Giro d'Italia | — |
| Tour de France | — |
 Vuelta a España | 140 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Team pursuit,UCI World Junior Championships
Team pursuit Madison (withMyron Simpson) Madison (withMyron Simpson) Team pursuit Omnium Team pursuit Points race Scratch, National Championships
Team pursuit,Olympic GamesTeam pursuit,UCI World Championships
Omnium,UCI World Championships Team pursuit Omnium Madison (withMarc Ryan) Points race Scratch Individual pursuit Madison (withMyron Simpson) Points race Team pursuit OmniumTeam pursuit,UCI World Championships
Points race,Commonwealth Games Points race Team pursuit Omnium Omnium, National Championships Omnium Points race Points race, National Championships
Omnium,UCI World Championships Omnium Individual pursuit Madison (withCampbell Stewart)Madison (withCampbell Stewart)Team pursuit Points race Individual pursuitOmnium,UCI World Championships Individual pursuit Points race Scratch Omnium Madison (withTom Sexton)Omnium,UCI World Championships
Points raceMadison (withCampbell Stewart)Team pursuit
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| Preceded by | New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year 2023 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | Flagbearer for New Zealand Paris 2024 With:Jo Aleh | Incumbent |
| UCI Track Cycling World Champions –Men's points race | |
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| UCI Track Cycling World Champions –Men's omnium | |
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