Jack Simes

John Weston "Jackie" Simes III. (Born November 20, 1942 in Harrington Park ) is a former American cyclist and current cycling official.

Three times - 1960 , 1964 and 1968 - Jack Simes competed in the Olympic Games in sprint and time trial , but without winning a medal.

In 1964, Simes became the American champion in the amateur road race. Between 1961 and 1969 he won a total of eleven national titles in the sprint, time trial and ten miles. In 1967 he won the silver medal in the time trial at the Pan American Games in Winnipeg . His greatest success was the title of runner-up world time trial champion at the World Track Championships in Rome in 1968 . He also started in eleven six-day races and was on the podium several times.

After the end of his active cycling career, Simes held numerous offices at the Union Cycliste Internationale as well as in US cycling federations, which he helped build up. His goal is to organize another six-day race in the USA after more than 40 years.

Jackie Simes' father, Jack Simes II, was a successful cyclist and later a cycling official. He trained his son as well as the racing driver Jack Heid . The grandson, Jack Simes IV., Is also an active cyclist.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ United States Bicycling Hall of Fame: Inductee John 'Jack' Weston Simes II ( Memento of the original from December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 15, 2013. 

Web links

• Jack Simes in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Jack Simes in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )