Damian McDonald

Damian McDonald

Personal information
Full name	Damian McDonald
Born	12 May 1972(1972-05-12) Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Died	23 March 2007(2007-03-23) (aged 34) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Team information
Discipline	Road & Track
Role	Rider
Amateur team(s)
Blackburn Cycling Club
Professional team(s)
1996 1997	Giant-AIS ZVVZ-Giant-AIS
Medal record Competitor for  Australia Road bicycle racing Commonwealth Games Gold 1994 Victoria Team time trial
Infobox last updated on 12 April 2008

Damian McDonald (12 May 1972 – 23 March 2007) was an Australian road bicycle racer, who was born in Wangaratta.

In 1992 he was a reserve for four-man pursuit team at the Barcelona Olympics, barely missing out on a medal when the team won silver. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games^[1] as part of the road time trial team with Henk Vogels, Phil Anderson and Brett Dennis. He also won gold at the inaugural Malaysian Tour de Langkawi in 1996, and also represented Australia at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was inducted as life member of the Blackburn Cycling Club in Melbourne in 1992. He was married to Bree McDonald, the manager of the Melbourne Vixens netball side. Their son Lachlan was born in October, 2005.

McDonald died on 23 March 2007. He was one of three men killed in a collision and explosion in the Burnley Tunnel in Melbourne, Victoria.^[2]

References

1. ^ 1994 Australian Medallists, Commonwealth Games.
2. ^ Leo Shanahan: Family mourn loss of champion, The Age, 25 March 2007.

External links

• Blackburn Cycling Club

Persondata
Name	Macdonald, Damian
Alternative names
Short description	Australian racing cyclist
Date of birth	12 May 1972
Place of birth	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	23 March 2007
Place of death	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia