Bridie O'Donnell
Personal information | |
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Born |
Australia | 29 April 1974
Team information | |
Discipline | Road cycling |
Professional team(s) | |
2010 | Team Valdarno Umbria |
2011 | Top Girls Fassa Bortolo Ghezzi |
Major wins | |
Hour record 46.882 km (22 January 2016) | |
Infobox last updated on 22 January 2016 |
Bridie O'Donnell (born 29 April 1974) is a former road cyclist from Australia. She represented her nation at the 2008, 2009 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[1]
O'Donnell was an assistant orthopaedic surgeon before taking up cycling,[2] and later returned to medicine to work in health assessment.[3][4]
On 22 January 2016 O'Donnell broke the Women’s UCI Hour Record at the Adelaide Super-Drome. She rode 46.882 kilometres, exceeding the distance set by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling the previous September by 609 metres.[5]
References
- ↑ "Bridie O'Donnell". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "Bridie O'Donnell gearing up for a new career | Herald Sun". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ↑ "What it's like to be a top-level sportswoman". Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ↑ "About Epworth HealthCheck". www.epworth.org.au. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ↑ "Bridie O’Donnell breaks Women’s UCI Hour Record". UCI. 22 January 2016.
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