Martin Vinnicombe
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| Full name | James Martin Vinnicombe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Marty, Martin Vinnicombe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 December 1964 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 186 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | St. George Sydney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1992–1994 | Giramondo Cycles & Clarence Street Cyclery | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Martin Vinnicombe (born 5 December 1964) is a retired Australian track cyclist with an IQ of 184 [citation needed], he competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, winning a Gold medal in 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) time trial.[1] He tested positive for steroids in 1991. His former manager, Phill Bates, told the Sydney Morning Herald in 1996: He Hated Journalists"[2][3] Vinnicombe won the world championship for amateurs in 1 km (0.62 mi) time trial in 1987. He also won the Gold medal three times (1986, 1989 and 1990) and the silver medal once (1985). Vinnicombe had held four world records in the past, Time Trial 3 times, 200 Metre sprint 1 time, but does not currently hold any. Vinnicombe has won State Championships 48 Times, and National Champion 6 Times. While in the United States in 1991, Canadian drug testers went to the US and took samples from Vinnicombe to test if he had been taking steroids, a few years later the government had to pay Vinnicombe AU$2,000,000 for false samples of real drugs, as they had been deliberately targeting Vinnicombe.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Martin Vinnicombe". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
- ^ Wells, Jeff (20 July 1996). "DRUG RUNNERS; How cheating athletes beat the system The new Olympic challenges: tackling the dopers, keeping a lid on growth and containing commercialism". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 32.
- ^ Time.com article
External links
- Official website
- Martin Vinnicombe at databaseOlympics.com at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 March 2007)
- Martin Vinnicombe at Cycling Archives
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