Arthur Adalbert Chase

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Arthur Adalbert Chase (born January 1, 1874 in Blackheath ; † unknown) was a British track cyclist and world champion.

Arthur Chase was a professional cyclist from 1895 to 1901. At the 1896 Track Cycling World Championships in Ordrup near Copenhagen , he was world champion in the standing race . The following year, at the World Railroad Championships in Glasgow , he was runner-up behind his compatriot Jack William Stocks , who had finished second the year before. In 1899 he became European champion of the standing position. At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1900 , Chase won the professional 100-kilometer stand-up race, which, however, is not considered "Olympic".

1902 led Chase as a pacemaker , the cyclist Maggie Foster an hour record km for women over 48.28 (30 miles 1,690 yards) on the velodrome at Crystal Palace .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gbrathletics.com
  2. ↑ classiclightweights.co.uk

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SURNAME Chase, Arthur Adalbert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chase, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Blackheath
DATE OF DEATH after 1902