Kieron McQuaid competed in the men's road race and the 100km team time trial at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, finishing 40th individually and 26th in the team event alongside Noel Teggart, Peter Doyle and Liam Horner.
A Dubliner and part of one of Ireland's most prominent cycling families, his father Jim managed the Mexican cycling team at Munich and his brother Pat was a successful cyclist who later served as President of the UCI from 2005 to 2013. McQuaid went on to become one of the largest importers of bicycles in Ireland.