Alistair Donohoe

Alistair Donohoe
Personal information
Full name Alistair Donohoe
Nationality Australia
Born (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory
Residence Melbourne, Victoria
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Cycling
Club Blackburn
Medal record
Cycling
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
2014 Aguascalientes Men's 1 km Time Trial C5
2014 Aguascalientes Men's Scratch Race exhibition final C1-5
2015 Appledorn Men's 15km Scratch Race C5
2015 Appledorn Men's Individual Pursuit C5
2015 Appledorn Men's 1 km time Trial C5
2016 Montichiari Men's Individual Pursuit C5
2016 Montichiari Men's 1 km time Trial C5
2016 Montichiari Men's Scratch Race C4–5
UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships
2013 Baie-Comeau Men's Time Trial C5
2013 Baie-Comeau Men's Road Race C5
2014 Grenville Men’s Road Race C5
2015 Nottwil Men’s Road Race C5
2015 Nottwil Men’s Time Trial C5

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 is aiming to compete at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

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 and 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 suggested that he consider para cycling.[2] 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][3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

In 2014, he is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder[3] and a member of the health.com.au-search2retain Cycling Team that competes in the Australian National Road Series.[6]

In January 2015, he finished third in the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships Under 23 Road Race at Buninyong, Victoria.[7] 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.[8][9] [10]

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.[11] [12]

In January 2016, he finished fourth in the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships Under 23 Road Race at Buninyong, Victoria.[2] 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.[13] He also won the bronze medals in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C5 and Men's Scratch Race C4–5.[14][15]

He is coached by Simon Quick.

Recognition

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Profile – Alistair Donohoe". Cycling Australia website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  2. 1 2 Lane, Sam (30 January 2016). "Para cycling champion Alistair Donohoe sets bar high". The Age. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Alistair Donohue". Victorian Institute of Sport website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Australia finishes Para track worlds on top". Australian Paralympic Committee News, 16 April 2014. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Eight medals for Australia at Para-cycling Road World Championships". Cycling Australia News. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Alistair Donohue". search2race website. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Flying Scotson does the double". Cycling Australia News, 10 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  8. ↑ "Donohoe claims maiden track world title; Australia finishes with 11 medals". Cycling Australia News, 30 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Triple medal treat on opening day of Para Track Worlds". Cycling Australia News, 27 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  10. ↑ "Gallagher & Powell defend world titles; Australia claims four medals on day three". Cycling AustraliaNews, 29 March 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Cooke and Bridgwood claim gold at UCI Para-cycling World Championships". Cycling Australia News, 31 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  12. ↑ "Alistair Donohue defends world title at Para-cycling Road Worlds". Cycling Australia News, 2 August. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Gallagher gold headlines six medal haul on day three". Cycling Australia News. 20 March 2016. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Three medals on day 1 of Para-cycling Track World Championships". Cycling Australia News. 18 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Tandem duo sprint to maiden world title; Australia finishes with 14 medals". Cycling Australia News. 21 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "David Morris wins VIS Award of Excellence 2014". Victorian Institute of Sport. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "Gerro Oppy Glory – Simon Gerrans awarded Sir Hupert Opperman Medal". Cycling Australia News, 21 November 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  18. ↑ "#OppyMedal – Elite Cyclists of the Year crowned". Cycling Australia. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Donohoe takes out Para-Performance of the Year". Australian Sports Commission website. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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