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Nelson Saldana

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Nelson Saldana is a former American track cycling Champion originally from Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. Saldana was a Gold Medal winner in the Team Pursuit at the 1975 Pan American Games [1] He was also the 1977 USA Men's Point Race National Champion[2] as well as 1972 Junior Men's track champion.[3]

In 2006 Nelson Saldana was inducted into the Lehigh Valley Velodrome's Hall of Fame.[2]

New York State Trooper

In 1996, as a New York State Police diver, Saldana participated in the investigation of the crash of TWA Flight 800.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2008-08-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ a b http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/aug06/aug16news
  3. ^ http://www.333m.com/velohist.htm
  4. ^ http://www.cnn.com/US/9607/31/twa.wrap/