Alistair Donohoe
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| Full name | Alistair Donohoe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 March 1995 Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Blackburn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Alistair Donohoe (born 3 March 1995)[1] is an Australian para-cyclist with a right arm impairment. He is a multiple medallist at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. He won silver medals in the Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and Men's Road Time Trial at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.[2][3]
Personal
Donohoe was born on 3 March 1995 in Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory.[1] In 2009, at the age of fifteen, he injured his right bricep/triceps as a result of his arm getting caught in a rope whilst trying to jump into a creek from a tree. This led to limited use in his right arm.[1] He attended Xavier College.[1] He lives in Melbourne, Victoria.[1]
Sports career
He took up competitive cycling in 2010 after participating in rugby union, BMX and triathlon.[1] His love of cycling was an outcome from his time as a triathlete in Darwin, Northern Territory.[1] He competes in both abled bodied and para-cycling. It was Michael Gallagher who after noticing Donohoe's derformed arm suggested that he consider para cycling.[4] In para-cycling, he is classified as C5. At the 2013, UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, he won bronze medals in Men’s Time Trial C5 and Men’s Road Race C5.[1][5] Competing at the 2014 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Aguascaliente, Mexico, he won bronze medals in the Men's C5 1 km time Trial (1:03.788) and the Men's C-1-5 scratch race exhibition final.[6] In 2014, at UCI Para-cycling World Championships in Greenville, South Carolina, he won the gold medal in the Men’s Road Race C5 and finished sixth in the Men’s Time Trial.[7]
In January 2015, he finished third in the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships Under 23 Road Race at Buninyong, Victoria.[8] At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Appledorn, Netherlands he won the gold medal in the Men's 15 km Scratch Race C5 and silver medals in Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and Men's 1 km time Trial C5.[9][10] [11]
At the 2015 UCI Para-cycling World Championships in Nottwil Switzerland, he won the gold medal in the Men’s Road Race C5 and silver medal in the Men’s Time Trial C5.[12] [13]
In January 2016, he finished fourth in the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships Under 23 Road Race at Buninyong, Victoria.[4] At the 2016 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy, he finished second to fellow Australian Michael Gallagher in the Men's 4 km Individual Pursuit C5.[14] He also won the bronze medals in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C5 and Men's Scratch Race C4–5.[15][16]
At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won silver medals in the Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and the Men's Road Time Trial C5.[3] In the C4-5 road race he sensationally collided with Ukraine's Yehor Dementyev as they sprinted towards the finish line. The two leaders were jostling for victory in their 84km event before Dementyev, later disqualified, veered into the path of the Australian and they both crashed to the ground. Donohoe ran across the line without his bike, a move which proved to be his undoing.[17]
In 2016, he is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. [5]
Recognition
- 2014 – Victorian Institute of Sport 2XU Youth Award for athletes under the age of 20.[18]
- 2014 – Cycling Australia Elite Para-cyling Male Athlete of the Year.[19]
- 2015 – Cycling Australia Elite Para-cyling Male Athlete of the Year.[20]
- 2015 – Australian Institute of Sport Awards#AIS Para Performance of the Year[21]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Profile – Alistair Donohoe". Cycling Australia website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Australian Paralympic Team announced". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 30 May 2016. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
- 1 2 "Men's C5 4000m Individual Pursuit - Standings". Rio Paralympics Official site. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
- 1 2 Lane, Sam (30 January 2016). "Para cycling champion Alistair Donohoe sets bar high". The Age. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- 1 2 "Alistair Donohoe". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ "Australia finishes Para track worlds on top". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ "Eight medals for Australia at Para-cycling Road World Championships". Cycling Australia News. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
- ↑ "Flying Scotson does the double". Cycling Australia News, 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Donohoe claims maiden track world title; Australia finishes with 11 medals". Cycling Australia News, 30 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Triple medal treat on opening day of Para Track Worlds". Cycling Australia News, 27 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Gallagher & Powell defend world titles; Australia claims four medals on day three". Cycling AustraliaNews, 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ↑ "Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships". Cycling Australia News, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ "Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds". Cycling Australia News, 2 August. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
- ↑ "Gallagher gold headlines six medal haul on day three". Cycling Australia News. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ↑ "Three medals on day 1 of Para-cycling Track World Championships". Cycling Australia News. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ "Tandem duo sprint to maiden world title; Australia finishes with 14 medals". Cycling Australia News. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ Spits, Scott (2016-09-18). "Australian cyclist on wrong end of Bradbury moment at Paralympics". Retrieved 2016-09-23.
- ↑ "David Morris wins VIS Award of Excellence 2014". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ↑ "Gerro Oppy Glory – Simon Gerrans awarded Sir Hupert Opperman Medal". Cycling Australia News, 21 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
- ↑ "#OppyMedal – Elite Cyclists of the Year crowned". Cycling Australia. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ↑ "Donohoe takes out Para-Performance of the Year". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 15 March 2016.