Cyril Cartwright

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Cyril Cartwright (born January 28, 1924 in Dukinfield , Cheshire , † September 29, 2015 in Pistyll , Gwynedd , Wales ) was an English cyclist .

Cyril Cartwright was a miner by profession, he competed in cycling as an amateur . In 1948 he became national champion in the individual time trial over 25 miles and was one of the first riders to stay under an hour with 59 minutes and 18 seconds. He also set national records over five and 30 miles.

At the UCI track world championships in 1949 in Ordrup near Copenhagen , he was runner-up in the singles pursuit . The following year, at the British Empire Games in 1950 in Auckland , New Zealand , he won the gold medal in this discipline.

In 1951 Cartwright could not build on his previous achievements. When he was not nominated for the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki , he ended his cycling career. He moved to Wales , where he ran a campsite with his wife . In the last years of his life he suffered from dementia . Cartwright died on September 29, 2015 at the age of 91 at his Pistyll home, leaving behind his wife and son. He was buried in his native Dukinfield .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b Parcel For Mr. Blagg (Part 1) by Quentin Blagg ( Memento from February 16, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  2. A History of Manchester Wheelers' Club 1883 - 1983 - RTTC CHAMPIONSHIPS WON BY MEMBERS ( Memento of March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  3. A New Beginning - The Harris Era on wheelers.org ( Memento of October 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. Commonwealth Games on news.bbc.co.uk of June 22, 2002
  5. Cycling Weekly , January 23, 1993
  6. Cyril Cartwright; former 25 champion and record holder. In: timetriallingforum.co.uk. October 4, 2015, accessed on January 16, 2017 .
  7. CARTWRIGHT: Obituary , accessed on January 16, 2017 (English)
  8. Cyril Cartwright ( Memento from January 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on January 16, 2017 (English)