Sydney Patterson

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Sydney "Sid" Patterson (born August 12, 1927 in Melbourne ; † November 28, 1999 ibid) was an Australian track cyclist and four-time world champion.

As a teenager, Sid Patterson won numerous Australian cycling titles. In 1948 he took part in the Olympic Games in London and finished sixth in the 1000-meter time trial .

In 1949 Patterson was, still as an amateur, world champion in the sprint and in 1950 in the single pursuit , after he had occupied second place in this discipline in 1948. In 1951 he became a professional . At the World Cup in the same year he finished third in the sprint; in the following two years he was able to win the world title in pursuit. He won his numerous Australian championship titles in the sprint, 1 mile, 10 mile ( scratch ), 1000 meter time trial and single pursuit disciplines .

From 1954 Sid Patterson drove - his nickname was "Mighty Patto" - mainly in six-day races . In total he started at 57, of which he was able to win 16 with various partners. When Patterson retired from active cycling in 1967, he had won an Australian championship title twelve times in a row. His resignation came immediately after his last six-day race in Launceton in early 1967 , which he had won.

Patterson was a father of two children. In admiration for his six-day colleague Rik Van Steenbergen , he named his son, who was active as a cyclist himself in the 1980s, Rik Van Patterson. Sydney Patterson died of liver cancer at the age of 72. The Sid Patterson Grand Prix track race is held annually in Melbourne in his honor .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 11/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 7 .
  2. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 9/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 7 .
personal data
SURNAME Patterson, Sydney
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Patterson, Sid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 12, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne
DATE OF DEATH November 28, 1999
Place of death Melbourne