Graham McVilly

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Graham McVilley Road cycling
To person
Date of birth May 4th 1958
date of death April 21, 2002
nation AustraliaAustralia Australia
discipline Road / train
End of career 1974
Team (s)
1969–1974
1974
1975–1985 		Individual
Sonolor-Gitane
Individual
Last updated: May 12, 2019

Graham McVilly , also Graeme McVilly , (born May 4, 1958 in Hobart , † April 21, 2002 in Huntingdon , United Kingdom ) was an Australian cyclist who was active on the road and track .

Athletic career

Graham McVilly was one of Australia's most successful road cyclists in the 1970s. He was Australian road racing champion twice - in 1970 and 1971 - and in 1976 he was runner-up. He won the Australian Herald Sun Tour three times - in 1971, 1973 and 1974 - after finishing second in 1969 and 1970. In 1975 he finished third at the Australian championship in two-man team driving, together with Laurie Venn . In 1978 he was the third time Australian champion, in the team pursuit on the track.

After finishing his cycling career, McVilly turned to equestrian sport . He died in 2002 at the age of 43 after a riding accident during a tournament in Great Britain.

Honors

In 1971 and 1973, Graham McVilly was named Australia's Cyclist of the Year with the Sir Hubert Opperman Trophy . In 2001, a year before his death, he was honored as one of three "Legends" on the Herald Sun Tour . In 2008 he was inducted into the Tasmanian Cycling Hall of Fame . In 2012, on the tenth anniversary of his death, the Southern Tasmanian Cycling Club organized the Graeme McVilly Memorial Race for the first time .

successes

Street

1970
  • MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian champion - road racing
1971
1973
1974

train

1978
  • MaillotAustralia.PNG Australian Champion - Team Pursuit

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Graham McVilly killed in horse riding accident on cyclingnews.com v. April 23, 2002 (English)
  2. ↑ Cyclist of the Year - Honor Roll on cycling.org.au (English) ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2012 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.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cycling.org.au
  3. ^ Graeme McVilly Memorial Race 1st April 2012 on tas.cycling.org.au v. March 22, 2012
personal data
SURNAME McVilly, Graham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 4th 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Hobart
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 2002
Place of death Huntingdon , UK