Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989,
Swan Hill
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Indigenous Peo ...
) is an Australian track cyclist who won the
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
at the
2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He was also a member of the Australian team that won silver in the
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
at the 2012 World Championships and the
2012 Olympics
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.
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 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 for whom he rode in the 2013
World Ports Classic. He started the
2013 Tour of Britain
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as lead-out man for
Steele Von Hoff.
He remained with 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
Jack Bobridge (born 13 July 1989) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016.
In 2019 he was convicted of drug dealing and sentenced to a four-year prison term. He admitted to using banne ...
,
Scott Sunderland and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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. O'Shea signed for
ONE Pro Cycling for 2016.
Major results
Track
;2007
:
World Junior Championships
::1st
Omnium
::1st
Team pursuit
::2nd Madison
:Oceania Championships
::1st Omnium
::1st Scratch
:1st
National Madison Championships
:National Junior Championships
::1st
Points race
::2nd Kilo
::2nd Omnium
;2008
:National Championships
::1st
Madison
::1st
Team pursuit
::1st
Omnium
::3rd Points race
:UIV Cup U23
::1st Amsterdam
::1st Munich
:1st Points race World Cup – Melbourne
;2009
:National Championships
::1st
Scratch
::1st
Points race
::2nd Team pursuit
:World Cup – Beijing
::1st Madison
::1st Team pursuit
;2010
:1st
National Madison Championships
;2011
:National Championships
::1st
Team pursuit
::2nd Points race
::2nd Madison
::3rd Scratch
:World Cup – Astana
::1st Madison
::1st Individual pursuit
:2nd Six Days of Zurich
;2012
:
World Championships
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::1st
Omnium
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::2nd
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
:1st
National Team Pursuit Championships
:1st Omnium World Cup – Beijing
:1st Six Days of Ghent
:2nd
Olympic Games
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Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
;2013
:
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
::1st
Team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
::3rd
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
:National Championships
::1st
Kilo
::1st
Team pursuit
;2014
:National Championships
::1st
Points race
::1st
Team pursuit
::2nd Scratch
:
Commonwealth Games
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::1st Team pursuit
::2nd Scratch
;2015
:
World Championships
A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...
::2nd
Omnium
An omnium (from Latin '' Omni'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that fe ...
Road racing
;2008
: 4th Grafton–Inverell
: 6th Overall
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...
;2011
: 5th Overall Canberra Tour
::1st Stage 4
;2013
: 3rd Overall
Ronde de l'Oise
The Ronde de l'Oise is a cycling stage race held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions whi ...
::1st Stage 2
: 6th
Ronde van Limburg
;2014
: 8th Overall
Herald Sun Tour
The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annually ...
;2016
: 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
Ronde van Midden-Nederland
The Ronde van Midden-Nederland is a road bicycle race held annually in Netherlands. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 200 ...
References
External links
Cycling Australia ProfileLondon Olympics Profile*
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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)