Stephen Brian Wooldridge (17 October 1977 – 14 August 2017) was an Australian

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, an Olympic and four-time world champion on the track. He was born in

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. He was an

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scholarship holder. In 2005, Wooldridge was awarded a Medal of the

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for service to sport as a gold medallist at the

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. He was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 2015. Wooldridge committed suicide on 14 August 2017 at the age of 39. The method was not made public.

Major results

;2002 :

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, Denmark :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster and Luke Roberts) :

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, Manchester, England :: 1st, Team Pursuit : 2002 Track Cycling World Cup :: 2nd, Team Pursuit, Sydney ;2003 :

, Denmark :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson, Brett Lancaster, Graeme Brown and Luke Roberts) ;2004 :

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, Greece ::1st,

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, Australia :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson and Ashley Hutchinson) : 2004 Track Cycling World Cup :: 3rd, Team Pursuit, Manchester ;2005 :National Track Championships, Adelaide :: 2nd, Team Pursuit :: 2nd, Pursuit :

, Los Angeles, United States :: 3rd, Team Pursuit ;2006 :

, Melbourne, Australia :: 2nd,

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, France :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with Peter Dawson,

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and Mark Jamieson) ;2007 : 1st, Stage 5, Tour of Siam

Personal life

Woolridge had a son and daughter from his first marriage. He had a stepdaughter from his second marriage.

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