Tony Lally
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Full name | Anthony Lally |
Born | Dublin, Ireland | 26 October 1953
Anthony Lally (born 26 October 1953)[1] is an Irish former road-racing cyclist, who competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[2]
Life[]
Lally comes from Cabra, an inner suburb west of central Dublin.[3]
Cycling career[]
Lally raced nationally and internationally from 1971 to 1983.[1]
Lally's father was Mick Lally, honoured by an annual memorial race, or sometimes series of races, by the Dublin Wheelers cycling club, and his elder brothers, Sean and Jimmy, also raced,[4] as did a grandson, Connor.[5]
Later life[]
Lally retired from competitive cycling and moved to Australia shortly after his Olympic appearance, living in Sydney and working in insurance and pensions, and in 2015 applied for and secured a post on the board of Cycling New South Wales[3] for six months.
References[]
- ^ a b "Tony Lally". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Tony Lally Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ a b "Irish Olympian Lally lands new post in Australian cycling". StickyBottle.com. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "MicK Lally Race - more details..." Dublin Wheelers. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "Mick Lally road race a big success". The Fingal Independent. 14 March 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
External links[]
- Anthony Lally at Olympedia
- 1953 births
- Sportspeople from Dublin (city)
- Irish male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Ireland
- Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Living people