Alan Newton (cyclist)

For the Australian cricketer, see Alan Newton (cricketer). For the Australian surgeon, see Alan Newton (surgeon).

Alan Newton

Personal information
Born	(1931-03-19) 19 March 1931 Stockport, England
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1946–	Manchester Wheelers' Club
Medal record Men's cycling Representing Great Britain Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Team pursuit

Alan Newton (born 19 March 1931) is a retired track cyclist from Great Britain. Born in Stockport, Cheshire, Newton began cycling in 1946, with the Manchester Wheelers' Club. He represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, alongside Donald Burgess, George Newberry, and Ronald Stretton. He also competed at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships where they finished 4th.

Newton was completing an apprenticeship to become an electrician at the time he was competing, and said the training consisted of 40 hours a week, riding his bike with a toolkit on his back.

An off-road cycling route from Marple to Stockport, the Alan Newton Way, is named in his honour.

External links

• "Alan Newton at the British Olympic Committee". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 16 June 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Alan Newton at Olympics.com
• Alan Newton at Cycling Archives (archived)