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Shaun Wallace (cyclist)

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Shaun Wallace (born 20 November 1961) is a former professional, 2-time Olympic[1], and 3-time Commonwealth Games[2] cyclist who represented Great Britain, England, and multiple American-based teams.

After successes in his native Great Britain in track cycling, including winning British Championships over distances of 1 km, 4 km and 20 km, Wallace moved to the USA where he continued his career as an amateur, and from 1996 onward as a Professional Cyclist for a variety of teams and sponsors:[3]

  • 1987: Alfa-Romeo
  • 1988: Sunkyonk SKC
  • 1989 Wheaties-Schwinn
  • 1990: Schwinn/Pure-Power/Bowflex
  • 1991: Scott-BiKyle Cycles


In 2003 Wallace was one of the inaugural inductees into the Hall of Fame at the Lehigh valley Velodrome in Pennsylvania, where he had based from during most of his cycling career. A tribute night had been held in his honor there in 1997[4]

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