Trevor Gadd
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| Born | 16 April 1952 Wolverhampton, England | |||||||||||||||||
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Trevor John Gadd (born 1952) is a retired English track cycling champion who represented Great Britain and England.
Cycling career[edit]
Olympic Games[edit]
Gadd represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics where he finished in 12th place in the men's sprint.[1]
Commonwealth Games[edit]
He represented England and won two silver medals in the tandem and the 1,000 metres match sprint, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2][3]
World Championships[edit]
He competed in the 1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Venezuela.
National Championships[edit]
Gadd won six British National Track Championships; three in 1977 and three in 1978.[4]
Other[edit]
- 1977 British White Hope winner, Herne Hill, London, 5th in the 1Km time trial.
- 1978 European Indoor Championships East Berlin, 2nd in sprint.
- 1978 Winner, Champion of Champions Sprint event in Herne Hill, London (first British rider to win in 20 years).
- 1987 Canadian National Championships; sprint silver and 1.000 metres time trial.
References[edit]
- ^ "Olympic profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Profile". Cycling Archive.
External links[edit]
Categories:
- 1952 births
- Living people
- English male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Wolverhampton
- Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
- Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Cyclists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games