Damian McDonald
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Damian McDonald (1973 – 23 March 2007) was an Australian road bicycle racer.
In 1992 he was a reserve for four-man pursuit team at the Barcelona Olympics, missing out on a medal when the team won silver. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games[1] as part of the road time trial team with Henk Vogels, Phil Anderson and Brett Dennis. He also won gold at the inaugural Malaysian Tour de Langkawi in 1996, and also represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was married to Bree McDonald, the manager of the Melbourne Phoenix netball side. Their son Lachlan was born in November, 2005.
McDonald died on 23 March 2007, when he was one of three men killed in a collision and explosion in the Burnley Tunnel in Melbourne, Victoria.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ 1994 Australian Medallists, Commonwealth Games.
- ^ Leo Shanahan: Family mourn loss of champion, The Age, 25 March 2007.
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