Glenn O'Shea (born 14 June 1989,

Swan Hill Swan Hill is a city in the northwest of Victoria, Australia on the Murray Valley Highway and on the south bank of the Murray River, downstream from the junction of the Loddon River. At , Swan Hill had a population of 11,508. 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

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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

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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,

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, Scott Sunderland and Mitchel Mulhearn, riding a domestic programme with a focus on achieving success on the track at the

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. O'Shea signed for ONE Pro Cycling for 2016.

Major results

Track

;2007 : World Junior Championships ::1st Jersey rainbow

Omnium ::1st Jersey rainbow

Team pursuit ::2nd Madison :Oceania Championships ::1st Omnium ::1st Scratch :1st MaillotAustralia

National Madison Championships :National Junior Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Points race ::2nd Kilo ::2nd Omnium ;2008 :National Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Madison ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ::1st MaillotAustralia

Omnium ::3rd Points race :UIV Cup U23 ::1st Amsterdam ::1st Munich :1st Points race World Cup – Melbourne ;2009 :National Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Scratch ::1st MaillotAustralia

Points race ::2nd Team pursuit :World Cup – Beijing ::1st Madison ::1st Team pursuit ;2010 :1st MaillotAustralia

National Madison Championships ;2011 :National Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ::2nd Points race ::2nd Madison ::3rd Scratch :World Cup – Astana ::1st Madison ::1st Individual pursuit :2nd Six Days of Zurich ;2012 :

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::1st

::2nd

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:1st

National Team Pursuit Championships :1st Omnium World Cup – Beijing :1st Six Days of Ghent :2nd

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;2013 :

::1st

::3rd

:National Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Kilo ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ;2014 :National Championships ::1st MaillotAustralia

Points race ::1st MaillotAustralia

Team pursuit ::2nd Scratch :

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::1st Team pursuit ::2nd Scratch ;2015 :

::2nd

Road racing

;2008 : 4th Grafton–Inverell : 6th Overall

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;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)

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References

External links

Cycling Australia ProfileLondon Olympics Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Oshea, Glenn 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)