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Full name | Scott McGrory | ||||||||||||||||||
Born | 22 December 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track / Road | ||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | All Rounder | ||||||||||||||||||
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1994-1995 | Jayco | ||||||||||||||||||
1996-1998 | Die Continentale | ||||||||||||||||||
1999-2000 | Gerolsteiner | ||||||||||||||||||
2001-2002 | Mapei | ||||||||||||||||||
2003 | ComNet Senges | ||||||||||||||||||
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Scott McGrory OAM (born 22 December 1969) in the Victorian country town of Walwa is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
McGrory was most successful in track cycling, winning the gold medal (with Brett Aitken) in the Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, a silver in the Madison at the 1996 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester. He also won a Bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the team pursuit.
As well as his National representation on the Track, he also rode for Australia in the road race events at both the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Scott started cycling in Albury/Wodonga, and later moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland. His first State representation was for Queensland. He also represented South Australia and Victoria, where he now lives.
As a junior (under 19) he won the Australian track title on the 1 km ITT in 1986. McGrory won his bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 1988 Summer Olympics at the age of 18, although he only was part of the Australian squad in the quarter- and semi-finals.