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Birth name | René Marcel Gerald Anthony Heyde | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1953 or 1954 (age 69–70) | ||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Track cycling | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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René Marcel Gerald Anthony Heyde (born 1953 or 1954) [1] is a former New Zealand track cyclist. He won the bronze medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit, alongside Paul Brydon, Russell Nant and Blair Stockwell, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch. [2] At those games, he also competed in the men's 1 km time trial, recording a time of 1:12.16 to finish fourth, 0.01 s behind the bronze medallist, Ian Hallam. [3]