In 2005, Latham went to the
UCI Road World Championships to compete in the Under-23 category. In the
time trial Latham came third 37 seconds behind winner
Mikhail Ignatiev. Later in November Latham rode the
Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge winning the event in a sprint against
Jeremy Yates and
Gordon McCauley. 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. He 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. ==Major results==