Megan Dunn (born 27 August 1991) is an Australian professional

racing cyclist Cycle sport is Competition, competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing ...

Biography

Dunn was born in

Dubbo Dubbo () is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021. The city is located at the intersection of the Newell, Mitchell, and Gol ...

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. She began cycling at the age of three and soon followed her older brother to the local cycling track where she began competing at the age of six. She is an

Australian Institute of Sport The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) is a high performance sports training institution in Australia. The Institute's headquarters were opened in 1981 and are situated in the northern suburb of Bruce, Canberra. The AIS is a division of the ...

scholarship holder. In 2005, Dunn won the time trial, sprint, individual pursuit and scratch race events in the Under 15 Australian National Track Championships. She took part in the 2007 Australian Youth Olympic Festival on the road and track, and again on the track in 2009. In 2008 Dunn became the youngest winner in the Bay Classic series history when she won the event at the age of 16. Dunn went on to win the scratch and points races at the UCI Junior Track World Championships in 2008, and was also a member of the gold medal winning team pursuit squad. She was named "Australian Junior Female Cyclist of the Year" in 2008, and described by national coach

Gary Sutton Gary Sutton (born 27 March 1955) is a cycling coach and a former professional racing cyclist. In 1980, Sutton became the amateur World Champion in the Points Race. Sutton was born in Moree, New South Wales. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olym ...

as "the future of women’s cycling."

Career highlights

;2008 :1st Scratch,

UCI Track World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

(Junior) :1st Points race,

(Junior) :1st Team Pursuit,

(Junior) with

Ashlee Ankudinoff Ashlee Ankudinoff (born 20 August 1990) is an Australian professional racing cyclist. Biography Ankudinoff was born in Sydney, New South Wales. She began competitive cycling at the age of fifteen on the road. Ankudinoff was a member of the gol ...

& Sarah Kent :1st Bay Classic ::3rd Stage 1, Bay Classic ::1st Stage 3, Bay Classic, Geelong :1st Australian Point Score titles :3rd Pursuit,

Australian National Track Championships The Australian National Track Championships are held annually and are composed of competitions of various track cycling disciplines across various age, gender and disability categories. Men Senior Team Pursuit Team Sprint Madison Junior ...

(Junior) :1st Points race,

(Junior) :2nd Team Pursuit,

(Elite) :3rd Scratch,

(Junior) ;2009 :1st Points race, Latrobe Carnival :1st Points race, Devonport Carnival :2nd Points race, Launceston Carnival :1st Omnium,

(Junior) :1st Points race,

(Junior) :1st Team Pursuit,

(Junior) :1st Pursuit, Oceania Championships (Junior) :1st Scratch, Oceania Championships (Junior) :1st Points Race, Oceania Championships (Junior) :1st

Australian National Road Race Championships The Australian National Road Race Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of bicycle rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event also includes the Australian National Time Trial Championships since 2002. The Australia ...

(Junior) :1st Points race,

(Junior) :1st Omnium,

(Junior) :3rd Scratch,

(Junior) :3rd

Australian National Criterium Championships The Australian National Criterium Championships cover several different categories of Australian road bicycle racing events, normally held annually. The elite event is normally held in the December the preceding year, for example the 2009 cham ...

(Junior) ;2010 :1st Points Race,

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

:1st Scratch,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dunn, Megan 1991 births Living people Australian female cyclists Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games People from Dubbo Sportswomen from New South Wales Australian Institute of Sport cyclists Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling 20th-century Australian women 21st-century Australian women