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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]

Stephen Wooldridge
Personal information
Full nameStephen Brian Wooldridge
Born(1977-10-17)17 October 1977
Sydney, Australia
Died14 August 2017(2017-08-14) (aged 39)
Team information
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2004–2005ComNet-Senges
2006–2007SouthAustralia.com-AIS
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
2004 AthensTeam Pursuit
Commonwealth Games
2002 ManchesterTeam Pursuit
2006 MelbourneTeam Pursuit
World Championships
2002 CopenhagenTeam Pursuit
2003 StuttgartTeam Pursuit
2004 MelbourneTeam Pursuit
2006 BordeauxTeam Pursuit
2005 Los AngelesTeam Pursuit

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.[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


  1. "AIS Athletes at the Olympics". Ausport.gov.au. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. "Stephen Wooldridge". It's An Honour website. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. Homfray, Reece (15 August 2017). "Australian Olympic gold medallist Stephen Wooldridge dies at the age of 39". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. "Olympic cycling champion Stephen Wooldridge dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  5. sport, Guardian (15 August 2017). "Stephen Wooldridge, Australian Olympic cycling champion, dies aged 39". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 November 2017.



На других языках

- [en] Stephen Wooldridge

[fr] Stephen Wooldridge

Stephen Wooldridge, né le 17 octobre 1977 à Sydney et mort le 15 août 2017[1], est un coureur cycliste australien spécialiste de la poursuite par équipes. Dans cette discipline, il est champion olympique en 2004 et quatre fois champion du monde en 2002, 2003, 2004 et 2006.

[it] Stephen Wooldridge

Stephen Brian Wooldridge (Sydney, 17 ottobre 1977 – 14 agosto 2017) è stato un pistard australiano.


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