Stephen Wooldridge
Australian racing cyclist
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| Intro | Australian racing cyclist | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Athlete Sport cyclist | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 17 October 1977, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Death | 15 August 2017 (aged 39 years) |
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Biography
Stephen Brian Wooldridge OAM (17 October 1977 – 15 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.
In 2005, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. He was inducted into the NSW Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.
His death was announced on 15 August 2017. In announcing his death, cycling promoter Phil Bates said "Tragically today he gave his life away leaving behind a son and daughter, family and friends just short of his 40th birthday". Most likely, excessive doping lead to his premature death.
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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, Melbourne
- UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bordeaux, France: 1st, Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson, Matthew Goss and Mark Jamieson)
2007
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour of Siam