Luke 'Thomas' Ockerby is an Australian cyclist from Ulverstone Tasmania born on the 17th of May 1992 (aged 16). Ockerby has so far won four Australian Junior Championships and many regional and interstate wheel races including the 2008 Devonport mens Wheel Race [1][2], 2009 Mersey Wheel Race and the prestigious Austral Wheel Race in 2011[3] [4] and represented Australia at the 2009 Youth Olympics [5].Ockerby currently rides with the Tasmanian Institute of Sport (T.I.S) [6]. Also Ockerby rides off the mark of scratch in wheel races, achieving the feat at the age of 17.
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Ockerby was born in Launceston and lived a childhood of frequent relocation's. Ockerby grew up in mainly north eastern and north western Tasmania including Launceston and Exeter. He currently resides in Ulverstone Tasmania with his family.
Ockerby attends St Brendan-Shaw College in Devonport, Tasmania, he is currently in year 12. In his spare time Ockerby enjoys playing golf and mountain bike riding. In 2006 Ockerby broke his back in a mountain biking accident and made a full recovery within a year.