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Daniel McConnell (born 9 August 1985) is an Australian cross-country mountain biker. McConnell qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He finished 30th in the men's cross-country event.


Early years

McConnell began cycling at 13 years of age. His hard work and dedication to the sport paid off and was chosen for the Australian Team in 2002. At the age of 23 McConnell made his Olympic debut at the 2008 Beijing Games. He was placed 39th in the mountain bike cross-country event.


Achievements

At the
2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, McConnell competed in the Men's cross-country at
Hadleigh Farm Hadleigh Farm is an educational working farm and cross-country cycling venue located in Hadleigh, within the borough of Castle Point, in the county of Essex. The men's and women's mountain biking events of the 2012 Summer Olympics took pla ...
, finishing in 21st place. T At the
2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games (), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014 (; ), were an international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Commonwealth Games as governed by the Commonwea ...
, he won the bronze medal in the men's cross-country cycling, finishing ten seconds behind the winner. His mother, Jenny Orr, competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...
in the
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and
1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1500-metre run is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletics since 1983. It is equivalent to 1.5 kilomet ...
athletics.Bruthen boy competes in final day of Olympics
/ref> He was married to Australian Elite mountain biker
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. She also qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished 28th in the women’s cross-country event.


Major results


Mountain bike

;2008 : 3rd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2009 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2010 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2011 : 1st Short track, Oceania Championships ;2012 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2013 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 2nd Overall
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long Road bicycle racing, road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 ...
::1st
Albstadt Albstadt () is the largest city in the district of Zollernalbkreis in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the Swabian Jura mountains, about halfway between Stuttgart and Lake Constance. Geography Albstadt is spread across a variety of ...
;2014 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 3rd Cross-country,
Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games is a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations, which consists mostly, but not exclusively, of territories of the former British Empire. The event was first held in 1930 ...
: 3rd Overall
UCI World Cup The UCI World Cups are the World Cups for cycling disciplines organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale: * UCI Road World Cup The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long Road bicycle racing, road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 ...
::3rd
Mont-Sainte-Anne Mont-Sainte-Anne is a ski resort in eastern Canada, located in the town of Beaupré, Quebec, about northeast of Quebec City. The mountain is part of the Laurentian mountain chain and has a summit elevation of above sea level with a vertical ...
;2015 : 1st Cross-country, Oceania Championships : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2016 : 2nd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2017 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships : 3rd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2019 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships ;2020 : 1st Cross-country, National Championships : 3rd Cross-country, Oceania Championships ;2021 : National Championships ::1st Cross-country ::1st Short track


Road

;2006 : 3rd Overall Tour of Gippsland ::1st Stage 9 : 3rd Overall
Tour de Hokkaido The Tour de Hokkaido is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Hokkaido, Japan since 1987 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It is rated by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.2 category race. The event for 2018 was can ...
: 8th
GP Palio del Recioto The Gran Premio Palio del Recioto is a professional one day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Unio ...


References


External links


Australian Olympic team profileLondon2012.com profile
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McConnell wins at Albstadt, Germany
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