Full name Luke Ockerby Name Luke Ockerby Discipline Road Role Cyclist | 2010 City of Burnie CC 2012– Team Budget Forklifts | |
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Born 17 May 1992 (age 31)
Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia ( 1992-05-17 ) | ||
Current team Team Budget Forklifts | ||
Joel Stearnes and Luke Ockerby
Luke 'Thomas' Ockerby (born 17 May 1992) is an Australian cyclist from Ulverstone, Tasmania. Ockerby has so far won four Australian Junior Championships and many regional and interstate wheel races including the 2008 Devonport men's Wheel Race, 2009 Mersey Wheel Race and the prestigious Austral Wheel Race in 2011 and represented Australia at the 2009 Youth Olympics. Ockerby currently rides with the Tasmanian Institute of Sport (T.I.S). Also Ockerby rides off the mark of scratch in wheel races, achieving the feat at the age of 17.
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Early life
Ockerby was born in Launceston and lived a childhood of frequent relocation's. Ockerby grew up in mainly north eastern and north western Tasmania including Launceston and Exeter. He currently resides in Ulverstone Tasmania with his family.
Personal life
Ockerby attended St Brendan-Shaw College in Devonport, Tasmania. In his spare time Ockerby enjoys playing golf and mountain bike riding. In 2006 Ockerby broke his back in a mountain biking accident and made a full recovery within a year.