Brandie O’Connor (born 24 December 1973) is a vision impaired Australian paracyclist and has won medals at the World Championships and Commonwealth Games.. O'Connor was born on 24 December 1973 in Brisbane, Queensland.
[3] In 2006, O’Connor started training and identified a pilot (person who is fully sighted and steers the bike) in Kerry Knowler.
[4] Breaking her clavicle and two ribs in a cycling accident this put O’Connor out of action until late 2007.
She made her international cycling debut at the 2010 UCI Paracycling Road World Championships in Canada.
In 2012, she competed at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, United States and finished fourth in the Women's Individual Time Trial and fifth in the 3 km Pursuit.