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Alistair Donohoe

Alistair Donohoe (born 3 March 1995)[3] is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for Australian club team Blackburn CC.[4] Following a right arm impairment in 2009, Donohoe became a multiple medallist at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. He won two silver medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and a silver and bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics .[5][6][7][8]

Alistair Donohoe
2021 Tokyo Paralympic Games Time Trial Podium
Personal information
Full nameAlistair Donohoe
Born (1995-03-03) 3 March 1995 (age 29)
Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Team information
Current teamBlackburn CC
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2023Tandem Co Pro Cycling
2024–Blackburn CC
Professional teams
2015Search2retain–Health.com.au
2016–2017Attaque Team Gusto
2018Mobius–BridgeLane
2019–2021Pro Racing Sunshine Coast[1][2]
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  Australia
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Individual pursuit C5
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio Road time trial C5
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Individual pursuit C5
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Road time trial C5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Road time trial C5
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Mixed team sprint C1–5
Track World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Aguascalientes 1 km Time Trial C5
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Aguascalientes Scratch Race exhibition final C1-5
Gold medal – first place 2015 Apeldoorn 15km Scratch Race C5
Silver medal – second place 2015 Apeldoorn Individual Pursuit C5
Silver medal – second place 2015 Apeldoorn 1 km time Trial C5
Silver medal – second place 2016 Montichiari Individual Pursuit C5
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montichiari 1 km time Trial C5
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Montichiari Scratch Race C4–5
Silver medal – second place 2017 Los Angeles Scratch Race C4–5
Silver medal – second place 2018 Rio Scratch Race C4–5
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Individual Pursuit C5
Gold medal – first place 2019 Apeldoorn Scratch Race C5
Gold medal – first place 2020 Milton Scratch Race C5
Gold medal – first place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Scratch Race C5
Silver medal – second place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Omnium C5
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Mixed Team Sprint C1-5
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Rio de Janeiro Scratch Race C5
Road World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Baie-Comeau Time Trial C5
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Baie-Comeau Road Race C5
Gold medal – first place 2014 Grenville Road Race C5
Gold medal – first place 2015 Nottwil Road Race C5
Silver medal – second place 2015 Nottwil Time Trial C5
Gold medal – first place 2018 Maniago Road Race C5
Gold medal – first place 2019 Emmen Time Trial C5
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Emmen Road Race C5
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Baie-Comeau Men's Road Race C5

Personal

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Donohoe was born on 3 March 1995 in Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory.[3] In 2009, at the age of fourteen, he injured his right bicep/triceps as a result of his arm getting caught in a rope whilst trying to jump into a creek from a tree. This led to limited use in his right arm.[3] He attended Xavier College.[3] He lives in Brisbane, Australia.[3]

Sports career

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He took up competitive cycling in 2010 after participating in rugby union, BMX and triathlon.[3] His love of cycling was an outcome from his time as a triathlete in Darwin, Northern Territory.[3] He competes in both abled bodied and para-cycling. It was Michael Gallagher who after noticing Donohoe's deformed arm suggested that he consider para-cycling.[9] 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.[3][10] 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.[11] 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.[12]

In January 2015, he finished third in the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships Under 23 Road Race at Buninyong, Victoria.[13] 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.[14][15] [16]

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.[17] [18]

In January 2016, he finished fourth in the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships Under 23 Road Race at Buninyong, Victoria.[9] 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.[19] He also won the bronze medals in the Men's 1 km Time Trial C5 and Men's Scratch Race C4–5.[20][21]

At the 2016 Rio Paralympics, he won silver medals in the Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and the Men's Road Time Trial C5.[6] In the C4-5 road race he sensationally collided with Ukraine's Yehor Dementyev as they sprinted towards the finish line. The two leaders were jostling for victory in their 84 km event before Dementyev, later disqualified, veered into the path of the Australian and they both crashed to the ground. Donohoe ran across the line without his bike, a move which proved to be his undoing.[22]

At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, United States, Donohoe won a silver medal in the Men's Scatch Race C4-5.[23]

At the 2017 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, he finished eighth in the Men's Time Trial C5 and seventh in the Men's Road Race C4-5.[24]

Donohoe won the silver medal in the Men's Scratch Race C4-5 at the 2018 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[25]

He won the gold medal in the Men's Road Race C5 at 2018 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships, Maniago, Italy.[26]

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, he won gold medals in Men's Individual Pursuit C5 and Men's Scratch Race C5.[27][28]

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Emmem, Netherlands, he won the gold medal in the Men's Time Trial C5 and bronze medal in the Men's Road Race C5.[29]

At the 2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Milton, Ontario, he won the gold medal in the Men's Scratch Race C5.[30]

At the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics, Donohoe won the silver medal in the Men's individual pursuit C5 with a time of 4:20.813, less than 4 seconds behind the eventual winner Dorian Foulton of France. He also won the bronze medal in the Men's road time trial C5.[31] He finished fifth in the Men's Road Race C4–5 after crashing twice during the race.[32][33]

After Men's Road Race C4–5 he said:

I love bike racing, sometimes you win sometimes you lose, you can't control crashes and it's a part of the sport – and I love it (cycling). Today was so good, so hard, it's everything I love about racing.

[32]

Donohoe won the bronze medal in the Men's Road Race C5 and finished 5th in the Men's Time Trial C5 at 2022 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Baie-Comeau.[34]

At the 2022 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France, he won the gold medal in Men's Scratch C4, silver medal in the Men's Omnium C5 and the bronze medal in Mixed Team Sprint C1-5.[35]

At the 2024 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships, Rio de Janeiro, he won the bronze medal in the Men's Scratch Race C5.[36]

Donohoe won two medals at the 2024 Paris Paralympics, silver in the Men's road time trial C5 and bronze in Mixed team sprint C1-5. He finished sixth in the Men's road race C4-5.

In 2021, he is a Victorian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[10]

Recognition

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References

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