Bridie O'Donnell

Bridie O'Donnell is a public servant, author, sports broadcaster, medical practitioner and former professional road cyclist. She represented Australia at the 2008, 2009 and 2010 UCI Road World Championships.

O'Donnell was a medical practitioner and surgical assistant before taking up cycling, and later returned to medicine to work in health assessment.

On 22 January 2016 O'Donnell broke the Women's Hour record at the Adelaide Super-Drome. She rode 46.882 kilometres, exceeding the distance set by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling the previous September by 609 metres.

Work life
O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998, and was appointed the inaugural head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government in 2017. She was employed by Australian TV network Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) as a commentator for the 2020 Tour de France, the first woman to do so for SBS. She co-commentated on the Tour de France in 2021, 2022, and again in 2023, and 2024.

In November 2021 she was inducted onto the Victorian Honour Roll of Women.

Major results

 * 2007
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
 * 2nd Chrono des Nations
 * 7th Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen


 * 2008
 * 1st MaillotAustralia.PNG Time trial, National Road Championships
 * 4th Chrono des Nations
 * 10th Memorial Davide Fardelli


 * 2009
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Time trial, Oceania Road Championships (January)
 * Oceania Road Championships (November)
 * 1st OceaniaChampionJersey.png Road race
 * 3rd Time trial
 * 2nd Overall Tour de PEI
 * 5th Chrono Champenois
 * 7th Memorial Davide Fardelli


 * 2010
 * National Road Championships
 * 2nd Road race
 * 2nd Time trial
 * 8th Memorial Davide Fardelli


 * 2011
 * Oceania Road Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Road race
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial
 * 4th Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2012
 * 3rd Bronze medal blank.svg Time trial, Oceania Road Championships
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2013
 * 7th Chrono des Nations


 * 2014
 * 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
 * Oceania Road Championships
 * 5th Time trial
 * 10th Road race


 * 2015
 * 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships


 * 2016
 * World Hour record 46.882 km (22 January 2016)
 * 2nd Silver medal blank.svg Time trial, Oceania Road Championships

Works

 * Life and death : a cycling memoir, Melbourne : Slattery Media Group, 2018. ISBN 9781921778674,