Myron Simpson
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Full name | Myron Simpson |
Date of birth | July 30, 1990 |
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discipline | Track cycling, road cycling |
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Current team | Team Budget Forklifts |
function | Sprinter (train) |
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2013 since 2014 |
Differdange-Losch Team Budget Forklifts |
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Last updated: June 24, 2015 |
Myron Simpson (born July 30, 1990 in Auckland ) is a former New Zealand cyclist who was mainly active on the track .
Athletic career
In 2005, at the age of 15, Myron Simpson won the derby competition at the Oceania Games on the track. In the following year he won five national youth titles in various disciplines of track cycling. In 2007 he was runner-up in the junior world championship in the Omnium and New Zealand junior champion in the sprint .
From 2010 Sympson started in the elite and together with Ethan Mitchell and Andy Williams won the national championship in the team sprint . At the Oceanic Cycling Championships 2011 he won the scratch . In 2013 he became New Zealand champion in two-man team driving with Aaron Gate .
In May 2015, Myron Simpson, who is also active as a youth coach, announced his retirement from active cycling. He cited a lack of motivation as the reason. Simpson started a company that sells Myron's Muesli . The company was originally intended as a crowdfunding to finance his qualification for the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .
Web links
- Myron Simpson in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ^ Myron Simpson: stepping back from cycling. In: Road cycling.co.nz. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015 ; accessed on June 24, 2015 .
- ↑ Myron's Muesli in Auckland - Fuel the body, fuel the dream. In: myronsmuesli.com. Archived from the original on June 24, 2015 ; accessed on June 24, 2015 .
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SURNAME | Simpson, Myron |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 30, 1990 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland |