Nathan O'Neill
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| Full name | Nathan O'Neill | ||||||||||||
| Born |
23 November 1974 Sydney, Australia |
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| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Bahati foundation pro cycling | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Time Trial specialist | ||||||||||||
| Professional team(s) | |||||||||||||
| 1 Sep–31 Dec 1999 | Navigare - Gaerne (Trainee) | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | Panaria - Gaerne | ||||||||||||
| 2001–2002 | Panaria - Fiordo | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | Saturn Cycling Team | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | Colavita - Olive Oil | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | Navigators Insurance Cycling Team | ||||||||||||
| 2006–29 Oct 2007 | Health Net Pro Cycling Team | ||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||
 National Time Trial Champion x8 |
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Nathan O'Neill (born 23 November 1974) is a former Australian professional road racing cyclist.
O'Neill was born in Sydney in 1974. He began cycling in 1989, when he attended a 16 kilometre handicap race before school, following the suggestion by a friend. The race started at 6am and O'Neill won it. He went on to win numerous medals in the junior ranks at the Australian National Track Championships. At the Junior UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1992, O'Neill won the bronze medal as part of the team pursuit squad. In 1995, he won the silver medal in the road time trial at the Oceania Cycling Championships whilst nursing a broken pelvis. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
From 1 September 1999, he rode for the Navigare - Gaerne team as a trainee rider before turning professional for the team in 2000 at the age of 25, under new sponsors Panaria - Gaerne. He represented Australia at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing 19th in the individual time trial. He stayed with the same team for 2001–2002, under Panaria - Fiordo's sponsorship. O'Neill won the bronze medal in the individual time trial at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom.
In 2003, O'Neill signed with the Saturn Cycling Team, 2004 for Colavita - Olive Oil, 2005 for Navigators Insurance Cycling Team and finally for Health Net Pro Cycling Team in 2006.
At the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, 21 March 2006, O'Neill won the Gold Medal in the Time Trial finishing in a time of 48:37.29.
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