Stephen Wooldridge

Stephen Wooldridge
Personal information
Full nameStephen Brian Wooldridge
Born(1977-10-17)17 October 1977
Sydney, Australia
Died14 August 2017(2017-08-14) (aged 39)
Team information
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2004–2005ComNet-Senges
2006–2007SouthAustralia.com–AIS
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team Pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Team Pursuit
Silver medal – second place 2006 Melbourne Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Copenhagen Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2003 Stuttgart Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2004 Melbourne Team pursuit
Gold medal – first place 2006 Bordeaux Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Los Angeles Team pursuit

Stephen Brian Wooldridge OAM (17 October 1977 – 14 August 2017) was an Australian racing cyclist, an Olympic and four-time world champion on the track. He was born in Sydney. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1]

In 2005, Wooldridge was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia for service to sport as a gold medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.[2] He was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 2015.[3]

Wooldridge committed suicide on 14 August 2017 at the age of 39.[4] The method was not made public.

  1. ^ "AIS Athletes at the Olympics". Ausport.gov.au. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Stephen Wooldridge". It's An Honour website. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  3. ^ Homfray, Reece (15 August 2017). "Australian Olympic gold medallist Stephen Wooldridge dies at the age of 39". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 15 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Olympic cycling champion Stephen Wooldridge dies". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2017. Retrieved 15 August 2017.