Gordon Thomas (cyclist)

Gordon Thomas

Receiving the 1953 Tour of Britain cup

Personal information

Born

18 August 1921
Shipley, West Yorkshire, England

Died

10 April 2013 (aged 91)
Peterborough, England

Medal record

Representing GBR

Men's cycling
Olympic Games
	London 1948	Team road race

Gordon W. "Tiny" Thomas (18 August 1921 – 10 April 2013) was a British cyclist who competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. There he won a silver medal in the team road race alongside Bob Maitland and Ian Scott.^[1] He also competed in the individual event, finishing 8th in a field of 101 participants. Born in Shipley, West Riding of Yorkshire,^[2] he served during World War II with the Royal Artillery in Africa and Italy. After his Olympic experience, he went on to win the 1953 Tour of Britain before retiring from cycling to enter the wool business.^[3]

References

^ Griffiths, Kathie (16 April 2013). "Shipley-born Olympic cyclist Gordon 'Tiny' Thomas dies at age of 91". Telegraph & Argus. Newsquest. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
^ Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; Evans, Hilary (2011). "Tiny Thomas Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2012.
^ "Olympics 1948 & 2012: Two Games - 64 years, and worlds apart". The Independent. 1 January 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2012.

v t e British National Road Race Champions (men)
NCU (1938–1958)	Jack Holmes (1938) Jack Fancourt (1939) Reg Braddick (1944) J. A. O'Driscoll (1945) Ernie Clements (1946) Alex Taylor (1947) Bob Maitland (1948) A D Newman (1949) Gordon Thomas (1950) Peter Procter (1951) Graham Vines (1952) Ted Gerrard (1953) B J Sandy (1954) Bernard King (1955) Alan Jackson (1956) Ron Coe (1957 Independent) Stan Brittain (1957 Amateur) Bill Seggar (1958)
BLRC (1943–1958)	Ernie Clements (1943) Percy Stallard (1944) Ernie Clements (1945) George Edwards (1946) E I Upton (1947) R C Ashwin (1948) Dave Bedwell (1949) Ralph Parkin (1950) Charlie Bland (1951) Mike Howarth (1952) Derek Evans (1953) Reg Browne (1954) Des Robinson (1955) Mike England (1956) Charlie Mather (1957) Bill Baty (1958)
BLRC Independent (1946–1958)	A H Clarke (1946) Dennis Jaggard (1947) Harold Johnson (1948) Bob Thom (1949) Leonard West (1950) Dave Bedwell (1951) Ian Steel (1952) Bob Maitland (1953) Arthur Ilsley (1954) Graham Vines (1955) not held in 1956 Ron Coe (1958–1957)
Amateur (1959–1995)	Bill Baty (1959) Bill Bradley (1960–(1961) Keith Butler (1962) Bob Addy (1963) Pete Gordon (1964) Les West (1965) Arthur Metcalfe (1966) Les West (1967) Pete Matthews (1968) Brian Jolly (1969) Dave Rollinson (1970–1971) Doug Dailey (1972) Grant Thomas (1973) William Nickson (1974) Kevin Apter (1975) Doug Dailey (1976) Steve Lawrence (1977) Robert Millar (1978–1979) Steve Lawrence (1980) Mark Bell (1981) Jeff Williams (1982) John Cavanagh (1983) Neil Martin (1984) Paul Watson (1985) Deno Davie (1986) Paul Curran (1987) Neil Hoban (1988) David Cook (1989) Simeon Hempsall (1990) John Hughes (1991) Simon Bray (1992) Rob Harris (1993–1994) Simon Bray (1995)
Professional (1959–1995)	Ron Coe (1959) race was not held in 1960 Dave Bedwell (1961) John Harvey (1962) Albert Hitchen (1963) Keith Butler (1964) Albert Hitchen (1965) Dick Goodman (1966) Colin Lewis (1967–1968) Bill Lawrie (1969) Les West (1970) Danny Horton (1971) Gary Crewe (1972) Brian Jolly (1973) Keith Lambert (1974) Les West (1975) Geoff Wiles (1976) Phil Edwards (1977) Phil Corley (1978) Sid Barras (1979) Keith Lambert (1980) William Nickson (1981) John Herety (1982) Phil Thomas (1983) Steve Joughin (1984) Ian Banbury (1985) Mark Bell (1986) Paul Sherwen (1987) Steve Joughin (1988) Tim Harris (1989) Colin Sturgess (1990) Brian Smith (1991) Sean Yates (1992) Malcolm Elliott (1993) Brian Smith (1994) Robert Millar (1995)
1996–	Dave Rand (1996) Jeremy Hunt (1997) Matt Stephens (1998) John Tanner (1999–2000) Jeremy Hunt (2001) Julian Winn (2002) Roger Hammond (2003–2004) Russell Downing (2005) Hamish Haynes (2006) David Millar (2007) Rob Hayles (2008) Kristian House (2009) Geraint Thomas (2010) Bradley Wiggins (2011) Ian Stannard (2012) Mark Cavendish (2013) Peter Kennaugh (2014–2015) Adam Blythe (2016) Steve Cummings (2017) Connor Swift (2018) Ben Swift (2019) not held in 2020 Ben Swift (2021) Mark Cavendish (2022) Fred Wright (2023) Ethan Hayter (2024)