Colin Sturgess

Colin Sturgess (born December 15, 1968 in Wakefield ) is a former British cyclist and world champion.

Colin Sturgess, who grew up in South Africa , was active on the road and rail . In 1986 he won the silver medal in the singles pursuit at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh . At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul , he finished fourth in the pursuit. In 1989 he became world champion in the single pursuit on the track, the following year British road champion. At the track World Cup in 1991 in Stuttgart , he finished third in the pursuit.

In 1993 Sturgess ended his cycling career. He graduated from college, emigrated to Australia and published a cycling magazine there. He also coached cyclists such as the South African David George , who won the silver medal (U23) at the UCI Road World Championships in 1997.

Animated by this success, Colin Sturgess returned as an active cyclist for a year, rode successfully in the Australian Championships and in 1998 won the silver medal in the team pursuit with the English team at the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur (with Bradley Wiggins and Robert Hayles ) . He also won several small road races in Great Britain, such as the Tour of the Cotswolds .

Today Colin Sturgess lives in Hunter Valley in Australia and works in viticulture (as of 2010).

Web links

• Colin Sturgess in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Colin Sturgess in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Independent: "Cycling: Sturgess puts his career back on road", accessed on May 6, 2010 (English)
2. ↑ chrisnewton.ndo.co.uk: "Sturgess causes upset in Cotswolds" accessed on May 6, 2010 (English)
3. ↑ Australian Wine and Beer ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on May 6, 2010