Jimmy S. Benyon
Jimmy S. Benyon was a British track cyclist and UCI World Champion in 1905.
In 1903 Jimmy S. Benyon was runner-up in the sprint of the amateurs at the UCI track world championships in 1903 in Copenhagen . The following year he was third in the sprint at the World Railroad Championships in London . In 1905 he became sprint world champion and won the Grand Prix de Paris .
In 1907 Benyon started together with Irish Harry Reynolds in the six-day race in New York . When they were relieved, they both had a hard fall, so they had to give up the race.
Individual evidence
- ^ Bikers Collide in the Big Race . The Day , December 9th afternoon, 1907
Web links
- Jimmy S. Benyon in the Radsportseiten.net database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Benyon, Jimmy S. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Benyon, James; Benyon, Jimmy |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 19th century |
DATE OF DEATH | 20th century |