Charlie Davey

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Charles "Charlie" Frederick Davey (born August 27, 1887 in Croydon , † October 7, 1964 ) was a British cyclist .

As a teenager, Charlie Davey played soccer and athletics . For cycling it was only when he was in his late 20th In 1910 he became a member of the Vegetarian Cycling and Athletic Club and later the Addiscombe CC , which he had co-founded. After initial successes in 1911 and 1912, he was nominated for the English team for the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm , which was one of three British teams. Although his time from the road race around Lake Mälaren was not included in the team classification , he received a silver medal like his teammates.

His cycling career was interrupted by the First World War, during which Davey was stationed as a marine in the Orkney Islands . After the war he took up cycling again and was a substitute for the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp . In 1921 he started at the first road world championships and won the bronze medal; the following year, at the road world championships in Liverpool , he finished third again and together with the British team won the gold medal in the team championship.

In 1923, at the age of 36, Charlie Davey signed a professional contract . He finished sixth in the prestigious Bol d'Or 24-hour race at the Buffalo Velodrome and set a number of long-distance records in his home country, such as the route from Land's End to London with a time of 17 hours 29 Minutes. In his final year as a racing driver, now at the age of 40, he also set records for the routes London- Portsmouth and back and for London- Bath and back. He then ended his cycling career and continued to work as a commissioner and timekeeper for the next 30 years.

The Addiscombe Cycling Club honored Davey with a gold-plated wrench in 1959 ; in the same year it was entered in the Golden Book of Cycling .

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SURNAME Davey, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Davey, Charles Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Croydon
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1964