Anthony Lally (born 26 October 1953)
is an Irish former road-racing
cyclist
Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...
, who competed in the
individual road race event at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
.
Life
Lally comes from
Cabra, an inner suburb west of central Dublin.
Cycling career
Lally raced nationally and internationally from 1971 to 1983.
Lally's father was Mick Lally, honoured by an annual memorial race, or sometimes series of races, by the
Dublin Wheelers
Dublin Wheelers is a cycling club operating from the northside of Dublin, Ireland since 1933. As of 2022, it is based in Santry.
History
The club was established in 1933 by a group of six friends on a weekend away cycling in Rostrevor, County ...
cycling club, and his elder brothers, Sean and Jimmy, also raced,
as did a grandson, Connor.
Later life
Lally retired from competitive cycling and moved to Australia shortly after his Olympic appearance, living in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
and working in insurance and pensions, and in 2015 applied for and secured a post on the board of Cycling New South Wales
for six months.
References
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1953 births
Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
Irish male cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Ireland
Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Living people