Ian Hallam

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Ian Hallam (born November 24, 1948 in Nottingham (then Basford )) is a retired British cyclist .

In 1970 Ian Hallam won the gold medal in the singles pursuit at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh ; in the same year he was runner-up in the same discipline in Leicester . In 1972 he started in the team pursuit at the Olympic Games in Munich and won bronze with the British four-man team, with Michael Bennett , Ronald Keeble and William Moore .

The following year, the British four-man made up of Hallam, Bennett, Moore and Richard Evans finished second at the World Railroad Championships in San Sebastián . In this race, the German four-man crashed shortly before the finish due to a mistake in a track folder and the British team was initially declared world champion. However, the British drivers refused to accept the gold medals and after a protest by the German team, the West German four-man was declared world champion. As a result of this incident, the British team and their coach Norman Sheil were later awarded the “Fair Play Trophy” by the Association of German Sports Journalists . Hallam, his teammates and coach Sheil were also honored separately at the gala to honor the Sportsman of the Year in Baden-Baden .

In 1974 Hallam started at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch in four competitions: In the single and team pursuit (with Bennett, Evans and Moore) he won gold, in the 1000-meter time trial and the ten-mile race bronze. In 1976 he started with the track four (with Bennett, Robin Croker and Ian Banbury ) at the Olympic Games in Montreal and won a second Olympic bronze medal. In the same year he won the British Milk Race . Hallam was multiple British track cycling champions in the disciplines of single pursuit, 1000 meter time trial and two-man team driving .

From 1978 to 1982 Ian Hallam was a successful professional road racing driver in Great Britain. He won the London-Glasgow in 1980 and came second at the Tom Simpson Memorial in 1981 . Hallam started several times in six-day races , but was only able to win once as an amateur (1974 in Cologne with Michael Bennet ).

Until 2002 Hallam started cycling in his age group and was world champion in the "Masters" several times. From 1999 to 2009 he held the 2000 meter record in the 50 to 54 age group.

Ian Hallam is a dentist and has a practice in Petersfield , Hampshire .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 4/1974 . Berlin, S. 3 .
  2. ↑ History of the World Masters Track Championships on cyclingmasters.com ( Memento from June 3, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 14, 2012 (English)
  3. ↑ meondental.com

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SURNAME Hallam, Ian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham