Introduction
Dr Bridie O'Donnell (born 29 April 1974) is a road cyclist from Australia. She represented her nation at the 2008, 2009 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.
O'Donnell was a medical practitioner and surgical assistant before taking up cycling, and later returned to medicine to work in health assessment.
On 22 January 2016 O'Donnell broke the Women’s UCI 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.
Work life
Dr O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998 and is the current head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government. She was employed by Australiantv network SBS as a commentator for the 2020 Tour de France. She was the first female commentator to do so for SBS.
Major results
- 2007
- 2nd Chrono des Nations
- 2008
- 4th Chrono des Nations
- 2009
- 1st Road race, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 2nd General Classification, Tour de PEI
- 2010
- 2nd Road race, Australian National Championships
- 2nd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2011
- 2nd Road race, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 2nd Time trial, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 4th Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2012
- 3rd Time trial, Oceania Cycling Championships
- 3rd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2015
- 2nd Time trial, Australian National Championships
- 2016
- World Hour Record 46.882 km (22 January 2016)
- 2nd Time trial, Oceania Cycling Championships
Works
- Life and death : a cycling memoir, Melbourne : Slattery Media Group, 2018. ISBN 9781921778674, OCLC 1039100343