Deirdre Russell Murphy-Bader (14 January 1959 in New York City, United States – 11 November 2014) was a road cyclist who represented Ireland in international competitions, including the 2000 Olympic Games.
She competed for Ireland in the Sydney Olympics in 2000, cycling in the women's road race, and retired shortly afterwards at the age of 41.
[1] Murphy was the first Irish woman to qualify for the Olympic road race.
Later, Murphy founded and served as executive director of Star Track Cycling, the New York-based youth program, which teaches track cycling skills to kids from under-resourced communities at Kissena Velodrome in Queens.
She married lawyer Lawrence Bader in 2002 and had one son, Ethan, before her death from cancer in 2014.