Mark O'Brien (cyclist)
Mark O'Brien (2013) | |
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Date of birth | September 16, 1987 |
nation | Australia |
discipline | Road / train |
End of career | 2016 |
Last updated: June 1, 2020 |
Mark O'Brien (born September 16, 1987 in Horsham ) is a retired Australian track and road cyclist .
Athletic career
Mark O'Brien won the 2004 Oceania Championship team pursuit in the junior class. In 2005 he was second in the team pursuit and in Madison at the national junior track cycling championship . In the same year he also won the overall ranking of the Tour of the Souther Grampians. In 2007 O'Brien moved to the Australian Professional Continental Team Drapac Porsche . In his first season there he was second overall on the Tour of the Souther Grampians, and at the Herald Sun Tour , he finished second in the junior ranking. In 2009 he was third in the national road championship. In 2012 and 2016 he won the bronze medal of the Oceania Championships in road racing.
In 2016, Mark O'Brien retired as a contract athlete, but continued to compete in national races. In 2020, he finished tenth at the Australian Road Championship. Professionally he works as a cycling trainer ( as of 2020 ).
successes
- 2004
- Oceania Games Team Pursuit (Juniors) with Anthony Bennett , Todd Dawson and Gerard Murphy
- 2010
- one stage Jelajah Malaysia
- 2012
- Oceania Championship - Road Race
- 2016
Teams
- 2007 Drapac-Porsche Development Program
- 2008 Drapac-Porsche Development Program
- 2009 Drapac Porsche Cycling
- 2010 LeTua Cycling Team (until May 15)
- 2011 SP Tableware
- 2012 Team Budget Forklifts
- 2013 Team Raleigh
- 2014 Avanti Racing Team
- 2015 Avanti Racing Team
- 2016 Avanti Racing Team
Web links
- Mark O'Brien in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Mark O'Brien in the ProCyclingStats.com database
Individual evidence
- ^ Mark O'Brien - FTP Training. In: ftptraining.com. February 18, 2016, accessed June 1, 2020 .
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SURNAME | O'Brien, Mark |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Australian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1987 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Horsham |