Bridie O'Donnell
 O'Donnell in 2012 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Australia |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team | |
| 2012 | Vanderkitten–Focus |
| Professional teams | |
| 2010 | Team Valdarno Umbria |
| 2011 | Top Girls–Fassa Bortolo |
| Major wins | |
| Hour record 46.882 km (22 January 2016) | |
Bridie O'Donnell is a public servant, author, sports broadcaster, medical practitioner and former professional road cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2008, 2009 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.[1]
O'Donnell was a medical practitioner and surgical assistant 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 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]
Post cyclying career
O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998, and was appointed the inaugural head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government in 2017.[6][7] She was employed by Australian TV network Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as a commentator for the 2020 Tour de France, the first woman to do so for SBS. She has continued to commentate on every Tour de France since.[8][9]
In May 2021 O'Donnell was appointed to the board of the Collingwood Football Club. She came under fire for being a Western Bulldogs supporter and not having been a club member for the required two years.[10] She resigned after four months after accepting a COVID-19 response role with the Department of Health.[11]
In November 2021 she was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.[12]
Major results
- 2007
- 1st
Time trial, Oceania Road Championships - 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 7th Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen
- 2008
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 4th Chrono des Nations
- 10th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 2009
- 1st Time trial, Oceania Road Championships (January)
- Oceania Road Championships (November)
- 1st Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de PEI
- 5th Chrono Champenois
- 7th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 2010
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 2nd Time trial
- 8th Memorial Davide Fardelli
- 2011
- Oceania Road Championships
- 2nd
Road race - 2nd Time trial
- 2nd
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2012
- 3rd
Time trial, Oceania Road Championships - 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2013
- 7th Chrono des Nations
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- Oceania Road Championships
- 5th Time trial
- 10th Road race
- 2015
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2016
- World Hour record 46.882 km (22 January 2016)
- 2nd Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
Works
- Life and death : a cycling memoir, Melbourne : Slattery Media Group, 2018. ISBN 9781921778674, OCLC 1039100343[13][14]
References
- ^ "Bridie O'Donnell". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
- ^ "Bridie O'Donnell gearing up for a new career | Herald Sun". www.heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "What it's like to be a top-level sportswoman". Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "About Epworth HealthCheck". www.epworth.org.au. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "Bridie O'Donnell breaks Women's UCI Hour Record". UCI. 22 January 2016.
- ^ D'Agostino, Emma (26 February 2018). "'Change doesn't have to be frightening' – Bendigo talks women in sport". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Colangelo, Anthony (20 October 2017). "Cyclist Bridie O'Donnell takes new role to make things better for women in sport". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ Rigden, Claire. "Ex-champion cyclist Bridie O'Donnell returns to co-host the Tour de France for SBS". The West Australian. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Bigger than the Olympics: Bridie O'Donnell on the Tour de France's highs and lows Sydney Morning Herald 20 June 2024
- ^ Awkward photo in Collingwood board room war News.com.au 19 May 2021
- ^ Collingwood board member Bridie O’Donnell resigns four months after being elected ABC News 16 September 2021
- ^ "Outstanding Victorian Women Recognised". Mirage News. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ O'Halloran, Kate (1 June 2018). "Bridie O'Donnell: 'Cycling's power imbalance is extremely apparent'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
- ^ "Beyond the cult of self-destruction: Life and Death by Bridie O'Donnell". CyclingTips. 10 May 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
External links
- Bridie O'Donnell at ProCyclingStats
