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Dean Anthony Woods OAM (22 June 1966 – 3 March 2022) was an Australian racing cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. On Australia Day 1985 he was awarded the Order of Australia medal for service to cycling. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder. AIS Athletes at the Olympics
In the 4000m individual pursuit Woods was beaten for bronze by Leonard Nitz (US).
At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Wayne McCarney, Stephen McGlede, Scott McGrory, Brett Dutton and Woods won the bronze medal for the team pursuit, defeated by the USSR (gold) and German Democratic Republic (silver). In the individual pursuit Woods won the silver medal.
Woods won a bronze medal in the team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics. At the 1986 Commonwealth Games he won the individual pursuit event. At the 1990 Melbourne to Warrnambool Classic, Woods set the record of 5h 12m or 50.9 km/h for this 265 km race.
Woods established and worked at a bicycle shop, Dean Woods Direct, in Wangaratta but later sold it.
He died from cancer on 3 March 2022, at the age of 55. "Vale Dean Woods OAM: Olympic Gold Medallist Passes Away Aged 55", Australian Cycling website.
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