Shannon McCurley

Shannon McCurley
McCurley at the UEC European Track Championships on October 16, 2015
Personal information
Born (1992-04-26) 26 April 1992
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Team information
Discipline Track cycling
Role Rider
Rider type scratch and keirin

Shannon McCurley (born 26 April 1992) is an Australian-born Irish femaletrack cyclist, who became the first Irish female to qualify for an Olympic track cycling event.

Background

McCurley was born in Melbourne. Her father was from Belfast, and her mother from Dublin, so she had the potential to participate in sport for three countries. She first visited Ireland in 2012.[1]

Career

McCurley began her sports career with running, but switched to cycling after sports injuries and a brief try at triathlon.[2]

She won the bronze medal in the under-23 scratch event at the 2011 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior). She is based in Melbourne and trains there and with the Irish track cycling team in Majorca, being coached by Brian Nugent.[3] She competed in the scratch event at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.[4]

She switched her focus to the Olympic event of keirin racing in 2014 in order to avoid quick-start sprints, after injuries, and to attempt qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She was successful in clinching an Olympic place, becoming the first Irish female to qualify for an Olympic track cycling event.[3]

Career results

2011
3rd Scratch Race, UEC European U23 Track Championships
2014
Irish International Track GP
1st Scratch Race
2nd Keirin
3rd Scratch Race, BikeNZ Cup
2015
South East Asian GP Track
2nd Keirin
2nd Keirin
3rd Sprint

References

  1. ↑ Five things you don't know about Shannon McCurley Accessed 9 October 2018
  2. ↑ Five things you don't know about Shannon McCurley Accessed 9 October 2018
  3. 1 2 Stokes, Shane. "Velodrome project crucial to future success of Ireland's cyclists". irishtimes.com. Retrieved 24 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "2012 Track Cycling World Championships: Entries list". tissottiming.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
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