{{short description|Australian cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Stephen Wooldridge | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Stephen Brian Wooldridge | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1977|10|17}} | birth_place = [[Sydney]], Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2017|8|14|1977|10|17}} | death date = | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = Road and track | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2004–2005 | amateurteam1 = ComNet-Senges | amateuryears2 = 2006–2007 | amateurteam2 = [[SouthAustralia.com–AIS]] | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{flagu|Australia}} }} {{MedalSport| Men's [[track cycling]] }} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold|[[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team Pursuit]]}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}} {{MedalGold|[[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|Team Pursuit}} {{MedalSilver|[[2006 Commonwealth Games|2006 Melbourne]]|[[Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Track Cycling World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2002 Copenhagen]]|[[2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2003 Stuttgart]]|[[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2004 Melbourne]]|[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2006 Bordeaux]]|[[2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|2005 Los Angeles]]|[[2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]}} }}
'''Stephen Brian Wooldridge''' {{post-nominals|country=AUS|OAM}} (17 October 1977 – 14 August 2017) was an Australian [[racing cyclist]], an Olympic and four-time world champion on the [[track cycling|track]]. He was born in [[Sydney]]. He was an [[Australian Institute of Sport]] scholarship holder.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |title=AIS Athletes at the Olympics |publisher=Ausport.gov.au |date=2008-01-09 |access-date=2012-01-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606223207/http://www.ausport.gov.au/ais/history/achievements/olympics |archive-date=6 June 2011}}</ref>
In 2005, Wooldridge was awarded a Medal of the [[Order of Australia]] for service to sport as a gold medallist at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Stephen Wooldridge|url=http://www.itsanhonour.gov.au/|website=It's An Honour website|accessdate=15 August 2017}}</ref> He was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 2015.<ref name="adelaide">{{cite news|last1=Homfray|first1=Reece|title=Australian Olympic gold medallist Stephen Wooldridge dies at the age of 39|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/australian-olympic-gold-medallist-stephen-wooldridge-dies-at-the-age-of-39/news-story/8de29a713b6de239d21d1db813c239c0|accessdate=15 August 2017|work=Adelaide Now|date=15 August 2017}}</ref>
Wooldridge committed suicide on 14 August 2017 at the age of 39.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cycling/olympic-cycling-champ-stephen-wooldridge-dies-20170815-gxwdwf.html|title=Olympic cycling champion Stephen Wooldridge dies|accessdate=15 August 2017|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=15 August 2017}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col}} ;2002 :[[2002 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track Cycling World Championships]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with [[Peter Dawson (cyclist)|Peter Dawson]], [[Brett Lancaster]] and [[Luke Roberts (cyclist)|Luke Roberts]]) :[[2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], Manchester, England :: 1st, Team Pursuit :[[2002 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|2002 Track Cycling World Cup]] :: 2nd, Team Pursuit, Sydney
;2003 :[[2003 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track Cycling World Championships]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with [[Peter Dawson (cyclist)|Peter Dawson]], [[Brett Lancaster]], [[Graeme Brown]] and [[Luke Roberts (cyclist)|Luke Roberts]])
;2004 :[[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]], [[Athens]], Greece ::1st, [[Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team Pursuit]]
:[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track Cycling World Championships]], [[Melbourne]], Australia :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with Luke Roberts, Peter Dawson and [[Ashley Hutchinson]])
:[[2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics|2004 Track Cycling World Cup]] :: 3rd, Team Pursuit, Manchester
;2005 :National Track Championships, Adelaide :: 2nd, Team Pursuit :: 2nd, Pursuit
:[[2005 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track Cycling World Championships]], Los Angeles, United States :: 3rd, Team Pursuit
;2006 :[[2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]], Melbourne, Australia :: 2nd, [[Cycling at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's team pursuit|Team Pursuit]] :[[2006 UCI Track Cycling World Championships|UCI Track Cycling World Championships]], [[Bordeaux]], France :: 1st, Team Pursuit (with [[Peter Dawson (cyclist)|Peter Dawson]], [[Matt Goss]] and [[Mark Jamieson (cyclist)|Mark Jamieson]])
;2007 : 1st, Stage 5, [[Tour of Siam]] {{div col end}}
==Personal life== Woolridge had a son and daughter from his first marriage. He had a stepdaughter from his second marriage.<ref>{{cite news|last1=sport|first1=Guardian|title=Stephen Wooldridge, Australian Olympic cycling champion, dies aged 39|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/aug/15/stephen-wooldridge-australian-olympic-cycling-champion-dies-aged-39|accessdate=2 November 2017|work=The Guardian|date=15 August 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
== External links == *{{cycling Archives|10410}}
{{UCI Track Cycling World Champions – Men's team pursuit}}
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