Gilbert Hatton
Gilbert "Gil" Hatton , also Gibby Hatton , (born July 31, 1956 in Alburtis ) is a former American track cyclist and current trainer.
In 1976 and 1977 Gil Hatton was runner-up in the US sprint . At the UCI-Bahn World Championships in 1983 in Zurich , he was third in the Keirin . Hatton was the first US American to be invited to Japan for the " International Keirin Series ". He started there between 1984 and 1991.
Since ending his own active career in 1992, Hatton, also known as The Bear , has been a coach; he supervised u. a. the multiple world champion Marty Nothstein , the Americans Jessica Grieco and Rebecca Quinn and the South African driver Jean-Pierre van Zyl . At the same time, he continues to race in the Masters class.
In 2003, Gil Hatton was inducted into the Hall of Fame of the Valley Preferred Cycling Center in Trexlertown .
Web links
- Gilbert Hatton in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Men Behind The Champ: Gibby Hatton's A `Bear 'Of A Coach , The Morning Call v. July 13, 1995
- ↑ thevelodrome.com ( Memento of the original dated February 11, 2014 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.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hatton, Gilbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hatton, Gil (short name); Hatton, Gibby (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alburtis |