Damian McDonald
Australian cyclist (1972–2007)
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| Full name | Damian McDonald | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1972-05-12)12 May 1972 Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 March 2007(2007-03-23) (aged 34) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road & Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| Blackburn Cycling Club | |||||||||||||||
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| 1996 | Giant-AIS | ||||||||||||||
| 1997 | ZVVZ-Giant-AIS | ||||||||||||||
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Damian McDonald (12 May 1972 – 23 March 2007) was an Australian road bicycle racer, who was born in Wangaratta. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. McDonald died on 23 March 2007. He was one of three men killed in a collision and explosion in the Burnley Tunnel in Melbourne, Victoria.[1]
Career
In 1990, McDonald won the Australian national road race title, beating Eddy Salas, who is also a successful road bicycle racer.[2]
In 1992, he was a reserve for four-man pursuit team at the Barcelona Olympics, barely missing out on a medal when the team won silver, losing to Germany. In the same year McDonald was also inducted as a life member of the Blackburn Cycling Club. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games[3] 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.
Family
He was married to Bree McDonald, the manager of the Melbourne Vixens netball side. They have a son.
References
- ^ Leo Shanahan: Family mourn loss of champion, The Age, 25 March 2007.
- ^ "Damian McDonald". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
- ^ 1994 Australian Medallists Archived 28 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Commonwealth Games.
External links
- Blackburn Cycling Club
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- Andrew Ralston, NZ (1901)
- HG O'Callaghan (1902)
- Jack Arnst, NZ (1903)
- Tom Larcombe (1904)
- William Hawley (1905)
- H Mehrtens, NZ (1906)
- Tom Larcombe (1907)
- M Chappell (1908)
- Iddo Munro (1909)
- Joe Pianto (1910)
- Phil O'Shea, NZ (1911)
- Phil O'Shea, NZ (1922–1923)
- Hubert Opperman (1924)
- Harold Smith (1925)
- Hubert Opperman (1926–1927)
- Hubert Opperman (1929)
- Richard Lamb (1930)
- Matt Lynch (1931)
- Richard Lamb (1932)
- Hefty Stuart (1933)
- Clinton Beasley (1935)
- Alan Angus (1936–1937)
- Dean Toseland (1938–1939)
- Max Rowley (1946)
- Jack Bates (1947)
- Duncan Hunter (1948)
- Max Rowley (1949)
- Keith Rowley (1950)
- John Beasley (1951)
- Neil Peadon (1952)
- Alby Saunders (1953)
- Eddie Smith (1954–1955)
- Russell Mockridge (1956–1958)
- Fred Roche (1959)
- Fred Roche (1960)
- Neville Veale (1961)
- John O'Sullivan (1962)
- Warwick Dalton (1963)
- Barry Waddell (1964)
- Matt Martino (1965)
- Kerry Hoole (1966)
- Graeme Gilmore (1967)
- Barry Waddell (1968)
- Robert Whetters (1969)
- Graham McVilly (1970–1971)
- Kevin Spencer (1972)
- Kerry Hoole (1973)
- Graham Rowley (1974)
- Donald Wilson (1975)
- Peter Besanko (1976)
- Donald Wilson (1977)
- John Trevorrow (1978–1979)
- John Trevorrow (1980)
- Clyde Sefton (1981)
- Wayne Hildred (1982)
- Terry Hammond (1983)
- Peter Besanko (1984)
- Laurie Venn (1985)
- Wayne Hildred (1986)
- Allan Dipple (1987)
- Paul Miller (1988)
- Gary Clively (1989)
- Damian McDonald (1990)
- Neil Stephens (1991)
- David McFarlane (1992)
- Edward Salas (1993)
- Neil Stephens (1994)
- Robbie McEwen (1995)
- Nick Gates (1996)
- Jonathan Hall (1997)
- David McKenzie (1998)
- Henk Vogels (1999)
- Jamie Drew (2000)
- Steve Williams (2001)
- Robbie McEwen (2002)
- Stuart O'Grady (2003)
- Matthew Wilson (2004)
- Robbie McEwen (2005)
- Russell Van Hout (2006)
- Darren Lapthorne (2007)
- Matthew Lloyd (2008)
- Peter McDonald (2009)
- Travis Meyer (2010)
- Jack Bobridge (2011)
- Simon Gerrans (2012)
- Luke Durbridge (2013)
- Simon Gerrans (2014)
- Heinrich Haussler (2015)
- Jack Bobridge (2016)
- Miles Scotson (2017)
- Alex Edmondson (2018)
- Michael Freiberg (2019)
- Cameron Meyer (2020–2021)
- Luke Plapp (2022–2024)
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