Bridie O'Donnell is a public servant, author, sports broadcaster, medical practitioner and former professional road cyclist.

[1] O'Donnell was a medical practitioner and surgical assistant before taking up cycling,[2] and later returned to medicine to work in health assessment.

[3][4] On 22 January 2016 O'Donnell broke the Women's Hour record at the Adelaide Super-Drome.

She rode 46.882 kilometres, exceeding the distance set by Molly Shaffer Van Houweling the previous September by 609 metres.

[5] O'Donnell is a medical doctor, graduating from the University of Queensland's school of medicine in 1998, and was appointed the inaugural head of the Office for Women in Sport and Recreation for the Victorian State Government in 2017.