Stephen Wooldridge
Australian cyclist
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Full name | Stephen Brian Wooldridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1977-10-17)17 October 1977 Sydney, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 14 August 2017(2017-08-14) (aged 39) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2004–2005 | ComNet-Senges | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | SouthAustralia.com–AIS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Brian Wooldridge OAM (17 October 1977 – 14 August 2017) was an Australian racing cyclist, an Olympic and four-time world champion on the track. He was born in Sydney. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]
In 2005, Wooldridge was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2] He was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 2015.[3]
Wooldridge committed suicide on 14 August 2017 at the age of 39.[4] The method was not made public.
Major results
- 2002
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1st, Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster and Luke Roberts)
- Commonwealth Games, Manchester, England
- 1st, Team Pursuit
- 2002 Track Cycling World Cup
- 2nd, Team Pursuit, Sydney
- 2003
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1st, Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Graeme Brown and Luke Roberts)
- 2004
- Olympic Games, Athens, Greece
- 1st, Team Pursuit
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Melbourne, Australia
- 1st, Team Pursuit (with Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson and Ashley Hutchinson)
- 2004 Track Cycling World Cup
- 3rd, Team Pursuit, Manchester
- 2005
- National Track Championships, Adelaide
- 2nd, Team Pursuit
- 2nd, Pursuit
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Los Angeles, United States
- 3rd, Team Pursuit
- 2006
- Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia
- 2nd, Team Pursuit
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux, France
- 1st, Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson, Matt Goss and Mark Jamieson)
- 2007
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour of Siam
Personal life
Woolridge had a son and daughter from his first marriage. He had a stepdaughter from his second marriage.[5]
References
- ^ "AIS Athletes at the Olympics". Ausport.gov.au. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ "Stephen Wooldridge". It's An Honour website. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ Homfray, Reece (15 August 2017). "Australian Olympic gold medallist Stephen Wooldridge dies at the age of 39". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ "Olympic cycling champion Stephen Wooldridge dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
- ^ sport, Guardian (15 August 2017). "Stephen Wooldridge, Australian Olympic cycling champion, dies aged 39". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
External links
- Stephen Wooldridge at Cycling Archives
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- 1993: Australia, Brett Aitken, Stuart O'Grady, Billy Shearsby, Tim O'Shannessey
- 1994: Germany, Guido Fulst, Andreas Bach, Jens Lehmann, Danilo Hondo
- 1995: Australia, Bradley McGee, Stuart O'Grady, Rodney McGee, Tim O'Shannessey
- 1996: Italy, Adler Capelli, Cristiano Citton, Andrea Collinelli, Mauro Trentini
- 1997: Italy, Cristiano Citton, Mario Benetton, Adler Capelli, Andrea Collinelli
- 1998: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Sergiy Matveyev, Oleksandr Fedenko, Oleksandr Klymenko
- 1999: Germany, Robert Bartko, Jens Lehmann, Daniel Becke, Guido Fulst
- 2000: Germany, Guido Fulst, Sebastian Siedler, Daniel Becke, Jens Lehmann
- 2001: Ukraine, Alexander Symonenko, Serhii Cherniavskyi, Lyubomyr Polatayko, Oleksandr Fedenko
- 2002: Australia, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Stephen Wooldridge, Luke Roberts
- 2003: Australia, Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Luke Roberts
- 2004: Australia, Ashley Hutchinson, Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson, Stephen Wooldridge
- 2005: Great Britain, Steve Cummings, Rob Hayles, Paul Manning, Chris Newton
- 2006: Australia, Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss, Mark Jamieson, Stephen Wooldridge
- 2007: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins
- 2008: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Geraint Thomas, Paul Manning, Bradley Wiggins
- 2009: Denmark, Casper Jørgensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Færk Christensen, Alex Rasmussen, Michael Mørkøv
- 2010: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer
- 2011: Australia, Jack Bobridge, Rohan Dennis, Michael Hepburn, Luke Durbridge
- 2012: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Peter Kennaugh, Steven Burke, Geraint Thomas, Andy Tennant
- 2013: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Mitchell Mulhern, Alexander Morgan
- 2014: Australia, Glenn O'Shea, Alex Edmondson, Luke Davison, Miles Scotson
- 2015: New Zealand, Pieter Bulling, Dylan Kennett, Alex Frame, Marc Ryan
- 2016: Australia, Sam Welsford, Michael Hepburn, Callum Scotson, Miles Scotson, Alexander Porter, Luke Davison
- 2017: Australia, Sam Welsford, Cameron Meyer, Alexander Porter, Nick Yallouris, Kelland O'Brien, Rohan Wight
- 2018: Great Britain, Ed Clancy, Kian Emadi, Ethan Hayter, Charlie Tanfield
- 2019: Australia, Sam Welsford, Leigh Howard, Alexander Porter, Cameron Scott, Kelland O'Brien
- 2020: Denmark, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg, Rasmus Pedersen
- 2021: Italy, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni, Filippo Ganna, Jonathan Milan, Francesco Lamon
- 2022: Great Britain, Ethan Hayter, Oliver Wood, Ethan Vernon, Daniel Bigham
- 2023: Denmark, Niklas Larsen, Carl-Frederik Bévort, Lasse Norman Leth, Rasmus Pedersen, Frederik Rodenberg
Riders in italics took part in the qualifying rounds.