John McQuaid

John McQuaid
To person
Date of birth	May 24, 1960
nation	Ireland
discipline	Road cycling
Most important successes
	Irish road championships 1983, 1985 : - road racing

John McQuaid (born May 24, 1960 ) is a retired Irish cyclist .

In 1983 John McQuaid was Irish road racing champion , again two years later. Also in 1985 he won the Tour of Armagh race . In 1988 he finished third in the Irish stage race Rás Tailteann . In the same year he started at the Olympic Games in Seoul . In the road race he finished 49th, with the Irish team ( Philip Cassidy , Cormac McCann , Stephen Spratt ) he was 19th in the team time trial . Both races were also counted as road world championships .

John McQuaid comes from an Irish cycling family: his uncle Jim McQuaid was a racing cyclist, as were his sons Paul , Pat , Kieron , Oliver and Darach . His cousin Pat McQuaid was President of the Union Cycliste Internationale from 2005 to 2013 . Oliver McQuaid competed in the 1976 Olympics .

Web links

John McQuaid in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )