What is Olivia Podmore?
[[File:UCI Track World Championships 2020 096.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Podmore in February 2020]] '''Olivia Podmore''' (24 May 1997 – 9 August 2021) was a [[New Zealand]] professional racing [[bicycle|cyclist]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Olympian Cyclist Olivia Podmore's Family Mourn Her Sudden Death|publisher=Stuff News|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/300378726/olympian-cyclist-olivia-podmores-family-mourn-her-sudden-death|access-date=August 10, 2021}}</ref> She participated in the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] and [[2018 Commonwealth Games]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Olivia Podmore|publisher=Cycling Archives|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=97070|access-date=August 10, 2021|archive-date=March 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306090821/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=97070|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==2020 Olympics== Podmore reached the criteria for being qualified for the [[COVID-19]] delayed [[2020 Summer Olympics]]. She was, however, not chosen by the [[New Zealand Olympic Committee]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Cyclist Olivia Podmore's Death was Avoidable|publisher=Stuff News|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/300379414/eddie-dawkins-cyclist-olivia-podmores-death-was-avoidable|access-date=August 10, 2021}}</ref> ==Personal life== Podmore was born in [[Christchurch]], New Zealand. Three months after turning 24, Podmore died in Cambridge on the [[North Island]]. The actual cause of Podmore's death is unknown. But there is a strong possibility Podmore may have [[suicide|killed herself]] due to having [[depression (mental illness)|depression]].<ref name=Wales>{{cite news| url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/olympic-cyclist-olivia-podmore-dies-21270333| title=Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore dies aged 24| work=[[Wales Online]]| date=10 August 2021| accessdate=10 August 2021| archive-date=10 August 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810101844/https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/olympic-cyclist-olivia-podm