Gary Neiwand

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Gary Malcolm Neiwand (born September 4, 1966 in Melbourne ) is a former Australian track cyclist , two-time world champion and multiple medalist at the Olympic Games .

Career

From the late 1980s to the end of his career in 2002, Gary Neiwand was considered one of Australia's greatest talents in track sprint and keirin due to his enormous acceleration speed . Several times he won the gold medal in his supreme discipline at the Commonwealth Games .

Neiwand won his first bronze medal in 1988 in Seoul at the 1988 Olympic Games in the sprint. Over the years two silver medals ( 1992 ) and another bronze medal in the team sprint followed . He was also world champion in track sprint.

After retiring from active racing, Gary Neiwand made a number of comeback attempts , which were however negated by alcohol and depression .

Imprisonment for stalking

In February 2006, Neiwand was sentenced to four months in prison for approaching his ex-wife, with whom he has two children, despite a court order. On August 29, 2006, he was sentenced in Sydney to 18 months in prison for molesting his ex-girlfriend Amanda Lamont, her mother, boss and employees, as well as for theft . The presiding judge Ian Gray certified Neiwand manifest depression disorders after the end of his sporting career, which could not excuse his stalking through terrorist calls with partly stolen cell phones . His defense lawyers attributed his depression to his 2005 breakup with his ex-wife. After nine months in prison, he was released early in 2007 and since then has campaigned for the Wayne Schwass's Sunrise Foundation to present the topic of depression in a publicly understood manner .

Career highlights

  • 1986: Gold Medal Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Edinburgh , Scotland
  • 1988: Bronze medal sprint, Olympic Games, Seoul, Korea
  • 1990: Gold Medal Sprint, Commonwealth Games, Auckland , New Zealand
  • 1991: Bronze medal sprint, World Championships, Stuttgart
  • 1992: Silver medal sprint, Olympic Games, Barcelona , Spain
  • 1993: Gold medal sprint, World Championships, Hamar , Norway
  • 1993: Gold Medal Keirin, World Championships
  • 1994: Gold medal 1000 m sprint, Commonwealth Games, Victoria , Canada
  • 1995: 4th place sprint, World Championships, Bogotá , Colombia
  • 1996: 4th Sprint, Olympic Games, Atlanta , USA
Fastest qualifying time with an Olympic record
  • 1996: Gold medal team sprint, silver medal Keirin, World Championships, Manchester , England
  • 2000: Bronze medal, Keirin, Olympic Games

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cyclingnews.com: "Gary Neiwand not looking at all pleased to be back on the track" ( Memento of April 30, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) accessed on February 10, 2013
  2. ↑ theage.com.au of May 23, 2005: Neiwand bailed on stalking charges
  3. ↑ 123recht.net of August 29, 2006: Gary Neiwand admits harassment of his ex-girlfriend ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ news.com.au of November 20, 2007: Cycle champion Gary Neiwand casts his net (engl.)
  5. ↑ Jessica Halloran: An explosive pursuit: why sprinters lose their cool. In: smh.com.au. Retrieved December 11, 2017 .

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personal data
SURNAME No, Gary
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Neiwand, Gary Malcolm (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th September 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne