| Nigel Donnelly | |
| Birth Date: | 7 July 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Weight: | 76 kg |
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Nigel James Donnelly (born 7 July 1968) is a New Zealand cyclist, who won a gold medal representing his country at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Donnelly was born in Christchurch on 7 July 1968, the son of Edward Ernest and Margaret Lucy Donnelly, and was educated at Burnside High School.[1] In 1993, he married Lyndal Maria Smith.[1]
Donnelly represented New Zealand at the 1986 World Junior Cycling Championships.[1] He went on to compete for New Zealand in the men's 4000 m team pursuit at two Olympic Games. At Seoul in 1988, he was a member of the team that placed 14th, while at Barcelona in 1992, the New Zealand men's pursuit team finished in seventh place.[2] He competed in the same event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, winning the gold medal with Gary Anderson, Glen McLeay and Stuart Williams.[3]
In 1990, Donnelly was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[1]