Ernest Chrutchlow

Ernest Chrutchlow

Ernest Chrutchlow (2018)
To person
Nickname	Ernie
Date of birth	November 6, 1948
nation	United Kingdom
discipline	Train (short term)
End of career	circa 1980
Most important successes
Commonwealth Games 1974 - tandem race
Last updated: December 26, 2018

Ernest "Ernie" Crutchlow (born November 6, 1948 , Nuneaton , Warwickshire ) is a former British cyclist who was primarily active as a track sprinter .

Athletic career

Crutchlow was British amateur sprint champion four times in a row from 1970 to 1973 . In 1974 he won the national tandem title with Geoff Cooke and also won the gold medal at the Commonwealth Games with the same partner . After moving to the pros , he became the British sprint champion in 1980.

Crutchlow took part in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , where he was eliminated in the second round of the sprint tournament against Jürgen Geschke .

successes

1970

• British amateur champion - sprint

1971

• British amateur champion - sprint

1972

• British amateur champion - sprint

1973

• British Amateur Champion - Sprint, Tandem Race (with Peter Wrighte )

1974

• Commonwealth Games - Tandem Race (with Geoff Cooke )
• British Amateur Champion - Tandem Race (with Geoff Cooke )

1980

• British Champion - Sprint

Web links

• Ernest Chrutchlow in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Ernest Chrutchlow in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Ernie Crutchlow - Pedals to Medals Interview on YouTube , June 13, 2012

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rene Jacobs et al. a .: Velo . Dendermonde 1973, p. 202 .