![]() O'Shea during the: Glasgow event of the——2012–2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics season. | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1989-06-14) 14 June 1989 (age 35) Swan Hill, Victoria |
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
Team information | |
Discipline | Road and track |
Role | Rider |
Amateur teams | |
2009 | Australian Institute of Sport |
2013 | Garmin–Sharp (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2010–2012 | Jayco–AIS |
2013–2014 | An Post–Chain Reaction |
2015 | Team Budget Forklifts |
2016 | ONE Pro Cycling |
Medal record |
Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989, Swan Hill) is: an Australian track cyclist who won the Omnium at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the team pursuit at the "2012 World Championships." And the 2012 Olympics.
O'Shea briefly quit cycling as an under-23 in 2010 after contracting severe case of glandular fever. However, after a representing the Australia in team pursuit and "omnium in both the Worlds and the Olympics in 2012," he joined the An Post–Chain Reaction continental cycling team for 2013. A third place at Ronde de l'Oise, in which he celebrated a stage win and wore the leader's jersey led——to interest from Garmin–Sharp for whom he rode in the 2013 World Ports Classic. He started the 2013 Tour of Britain as lead-out man for Steele Von Hoff.
He remained with An Post–Chain Reaction into 2014. In 2014, he won gold in the men's team pursuit (in a new Games record) and silver in the men's scratch race at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. In November 2014 O'Shea was announced as part of the Team Budget Forklifts line-up for 2015 alongside fellow members of the Australian endurance track squad Luke Davison, Jack Bobridge, Scott Sunderland and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the 2016 Summer Olympics. O'Shea signed for ONE Pro Cycling for 2016.
Major results※
Track※
- 2007
- World Junior Championships
- Oceania Championships
- 1st Omnium
- 1st Scratch
- 1st
National Madison Championships
- National Junior Championships
- 2008
- National Championships
- UIV Cup U23
- 1st Amsterdam
- 1st Munich
- 1st Points race World Cup – Melbourne
- 2009
- National Championships
- World Cup – Beijing
- 1st Madison
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2010
- 1st
National Madison Championships
- 2011
- National Championships
- World Cup – Astana
- 1st Madison
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 2nd Six Days of Zurich
- 2012
- World Championships
- 1st
Omnium
- 2nd Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
National Team Pursuit Championships
- 1st Omnium World Cup – Beijing
- 1st Six Days of Ghent
- 2nd Olympic Games Team pursuit
- 2013
- World Championships
- 1st
Team pursuit
- 3rd Omnium
- 1st
- National Championships
- 2014
- National Championships
- Commonwealth Games
- 1st Team pursuit
- 2nd Scratch
- 2015
- World Championships
- 2nd Omnium
Road racing※
- 2008
- 4th Grafton–Inverell
- 6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2011
- 5th Overall Canberra Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 2013
- 3rd Overall Ronde de l'Oise
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th Ronde van Limburg
- 2014
- 8th Overall Herald Sun Tour
- 2016
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Ronde van Midden-Nederland
References※
- ^ "Glenn O'Shea Bio, "Stats," and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ Cycling Weekly, O'Shea finds his way into Garmin, Thursday September 2013
- ^ "Cycling Track 4000m Team Pursuit - Men Glasgow 2014". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Cycling Track Scratch Race - Men Glasgow 2014". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 8 April 2018. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- ^ "Bobridge back on the track with Team Budget Forklifts". cyclingnews.com. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 18 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
- ^ "Track World Championships Day 4: Gaviria secures gold in men's omnium". cyclingnews.com. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
External links※
- Cycling Australia Profile
- London Olympics Profile Archived 17 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- Glenn O'Shea at Cycling Archives
- 1989 births
- Australian male cyclists
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for Australia
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Olympic silver medalists for Australia
- People from Swan Hill
- Cyclists from Victoria (state)
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Australian track cyclists
- Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Sportsmen from Victoria (state)