Alan Newton (cyclist) explained

Alan Newton
Birth Date:19 March 1931
Birth Place:Stockport, England
Discipline:Track
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:1946–
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Alan Newton (born 19 March 1931) is a retired track cyclist from Great Britain. Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Newton began cycling in 1946, with the Manchester Wheelers' Club.[1] He represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, alongside Donald Burgess, George Newberry, and Ronald Stretton.[2] He also competed at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships where they finished 4th.

Newton was completing an apprenticeship to become an electrician at the time he was competing, and said the training consisted of 40 hours a week, riding his bike with a toolkit on his back. An off-road cycling route from Marple to Stockport, the Alan Newton Way, is named in his honour.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alan Newton 1952 Olympic Bronze Medallist. Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. 8 August 2012. https://archive.today/20121223185647/http://www.stockport.gov.uk/services/councildemocracy/your_council/initiatives/2012/beinspired/alannewton. 23 December 2012. dead. dmy-all.
  2. Alan Newton . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041056/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ne/alan-newton-1.html . dead . 2020-04-18 . 2012-12-28.
  3. Web site: Cycle routes . Stockport Metropolitcan Bourough Council . 26 July 2020.