Glenn O'Shea
![]() O'Shea during the Glasgow event of the 2012–2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics season. | |
Personal information | |
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Born | Swan Hill, Victoria | 14 June 1989
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.[1]
O'Shea briefly quit cycling as an under-23 in 2010 after contracting a 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.[2]
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.[3][4] 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 a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5] O'Shea signed for ONE Pro Cycling for 2016.
Major results
[edit]Track
[edit]- 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
Road racing
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- 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 silver 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)