Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) Name Deirdre Murphy Role Rider | Discipline Road cycling Weight 58 kg (128 lb) | |
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Full name Deirdre Russell Murphy-Bader Born January 14, 1959
New York, United States ( 1959-01-14 ) Died November 11, 2014(2014-11-11)
Bronx, United States | ||
The industrious boy deirdre murphy at tedxalbertopolis
Deirdre Russell Murphy-Bader (14 January 1959 in New York City, United States – 11 November 2014) was a road cyclist who represented Ireland in international competitions.
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- The industrious boy deirdre murphy at tedxalbertopolis
- Deirdre murphy doing safety bar good mornngs with a ton of weight
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Deirdre murphy doing safety bar good mornngs with a ton of weight
Career
Murphy began competitive cycling when she was 32. In 1997, she was the Women's World Masters champion in the road race discipline, and was also a two-time U.S. National Masters Champion.
She competed for Ireland in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, cycling in the women's road race, and retired shortly afterwards at the age of 41. Murphy was the first Irish woman to qualify for the Olympic road race.
Later, Murphy was the Executive Director of the New York-based children's cycling charity Star Track.
Personal life
Murphy was born in New York City, the child of Daniel Murphy and Sally Kandle, and went on to earn an undergraduate degree from Ithaca College. She married lawyer Lawrence Bader in 2002 and had one son, Ethan, before her death from cancer in 2014.