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Daniel McConnell (born 9 August 1985) is an Australian cross-country mountain biker. McConnell qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He finished 30th in the men's cross-country event.


Early years

McConnell began cycling at 13 years of age. His hard work and dedication to the sport paid off and was chosen for the Australian Team in 2002. At the age of 23 McConnell made his Olympic debut at the
2008 Beijing Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...
. He was placed 39th in the mountain bike cross-country event.


Achievements

At the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, McConnell competed in the Men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, finishing in 21st place. T At the
2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
, he won the bronze medal in the men's cross-country cycling, finishing ten seconds behind the winner. His mother, Jenny Orr, competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in the 800 and
1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...
athletics.Bruthen boy competes in final day of Olympics
/ref> He is married to Australian Elite mountain biker
Rebecca McConnell Rebecca Henderson (born 27 September 1991), for some years competing as Rebecca McConnell, is an Australian mountain biker. She represented Australia at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics in the Mountain Bike Cross Country event. She came ...
. She also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished 28th in the women’s cross-country event.


Major results


Mountain Bike

;2008 : 3rd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2009 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2010 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2011 : 1st Short track, Oceania Championships ;2012 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2013 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 2nd Overall
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...
::1st Albstadt ;2014 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 3rd
Cross-country Cross country or cross-country may refer to: Places * Cross Country, Baltimore, a neighborhood in northwest Baltimore, Maryland * Cross County Parkway, an east–west parkway in Westchester County, NY * Cross County Shopping Center, a mall in Yo ...
, Commonwealth Games : 3rd Overall
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup (1989–2004) * UCI Women's Road World Cup (1998–2015) * UCI Mountain Bike World Cup * UCI Track Cycling World Cup ...
::3rd Mont-Sainte-Anne ;2015 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2016 : 2nd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2017 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships : 3rd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2019 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2020 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships : 3rd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2021 : National Championships ::1st Cross-country ::1st Short track


Road

;2006 : 3rd Overall Tour of Gippsland ::1st Stage 9 : 3rd Overall
Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle spo ...
: 8th
GP Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...


References


External links


Australian Olympic team profileLondon2012.com profile
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McConnell wins at Albstadt, Germany
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