Damian McDonald

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
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]

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