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Born | Scunthorpe, England | 12 December 1953||||||||||||||
Died | 29 September 2009 Ghent, Belgium | (aged 55)||||||||||||||
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Paul Medhurst (12 December 1953 – 26 September 2009) born in Scunthorpe, was a track cyclist with dual British-New Zealand nationality. [1]
He won the bronze medal in the men's tandem sprint at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games partnering Philip Harland representing New Zealand. [2] He competed for Great Britain in the 1000m time trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]
Medhurst was a three times British track champion, winning the British National Individual Sprint Championships in 1975, [3] a tandem title (1976) and a madison title (1975). [4] [5] [6]