Ian Browne

Ian Sterry "Joey" Browne (born June 22, 1931 in Melbourne ) is a former Australian track cyclist and Olympic champion.

In 1956 Ian Browne started as a local hero at the Olympic Games in Melbourne and together with Tony Marchant won the gold medal in the tandem race . Four years later, at the Games in Rome , he finished ninth on tandem with Geoffrey Smith . At his third Olympic start, 1964 in Tokyo , he remained unplaced in the same discipline. Browne was also successful at the Commonwealth Games : in 1958 in Cardiff he won the ten-mile race and in 1962 he was third in the sprint in Perth . He also won several Australian titles in various rail disciplines .

In 2010, Ian Browne was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame with Tony Marchant .

Web links

Ian Browne in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

^ Sport Australia Hall of Fame - Member Profile. In: sahof.org.au. Retrieved September 20, 2015 .

personal data
SURNAME	Browne, Ian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Browne, Joey (nickname); Browne, Ian Sterry (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian track cyclist and Olympic champion
DATE OF BIRTH	June 22, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH	Melbourne