fullname updated birth_place weight majorwins height discipline birth_date role image article_title name currentteam
oenone lee wood 27 february 2008 newcastle , australia 56 kg lb st on 2004 world cup series 2006 commonwealth games individual time trial geelong world cup 2004 world cup series 2005 1.58 m ftin on road 24 september 1980 rider oenone wood 2007 geelong world cup podium 1.jpg oenone wood
 oenone wood retired
oenone wood

oenone wood , born on 24 september 1980 in newcastle , new south wales , australia , is a retired professional cyclist , who commenced her cycling career in 2001 at the age of 21 .
she was an australian institute of sport scholarship holder .
she was a member of professional cycling `` team columbia women '' -lrb- usa -rrb- and the canberra cycling club , and formerly of the `` t-mobile professional women 's cycling team '' -lrb- ger -rrb- .
she lives in merewether , a suburb of newcastle .
her greatest success as a road cyclist has arguably been in australian tours , including the `` australian criterium '' , `` bay series criterium '' and the `` geelong tour '' , with some success overseas , particularly winning stages of the giro d'italia femminile -lrb- ita -rrb- and the points classification for the giro d'italia femminile in 2004 and 2005 .
in the 2004 summer olympics women 's road race she was in the leading group with fellow australian sara carrigan , and when carrigan and judith arndt broke away in the final lap to win the gold and silver medals , wood had to sprint for the bronze medal with olga slyusareva of russia and nicole cooke of great britain , coming 4th overall in the race .
she was the 2008 australian open road champion -lrb- in the elite women 's road race event -rrb- .
