Stephen Wooldridge Explained
Stephen Wooldridge |
Fullname: | Stephen Brian Wooldridge |
Birth Date: | 1977 10, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Sydney, Australia |
Discipline: | Road and track |
Role: | Rider |
Amateuryears1: | 2004–2005 |
Amateurteam1: | ComNet-Senges |
Amateuryears2: | 2006–2007 |
Amateurteam2: | SouthAustralia.com–AIS |
Stephen Brian Wooldridge (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 PursuitUCI 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, PursuitUCI 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 SiamPersonal life
Woolridge had a son and daughter from his first marriage. He had a stepdaughter from his second marriage.[5]
Notes and References
- Web site: AIS Athletes at the Olympics . Ausport.gov.au . 2008-01-09 . 2012-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics . 6 June 2011.
- Web site: Stephen Wooldridge. It's An Honour website. 15 August 2017.
- News: Homfray. Reece. Australian Olympic gold medallist Stephen Wooldridge dies at the age of 39. 15 August 2017. Adelaide Now. 15 August 2017.
- News: Olympic cycling champion Stephen Wooldridge dies. 15 August 2017. The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2017.
- News: sport. Guardian. Stephen Wooldridge, Australian Olympic cycling champion, dies aged 39. 2 November 2017. The Guardian. 15 August 2017.