Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
On 13 March 1940 Pat Hawkins set the 'World 1,000 mile record' in Perth, having ridden the 1,000 miles (1,600 km) distance in 4 days, 8 hours and 7 minutes, cutting 9 hours 53 minutes off Vera Unthank's record. [74] Men's record: Gethin Butler, 2001.
Download QR code; Print/export ... World records in the sport of track cycling are ratified by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). Item 3.5.001 of the UCI ...
Eleanor Patricia [1] Hawkins (22 May 1921 – 13 February 1991), better known as Pat Hawkins, was an Australian endurance cyclist from Victoria Park, Perth.In 1940, aged 18 and only 12 months into her cycling career, she set world records for "1,000 miles" and "Seven days".
Marguerite Wilson (1918–1972) was a record-breaking cyclist from Bournemouth.In 1939 she broke the Land's End to John o' Groats and 1,000-mile (1,600 km) records. When World War II stopped her efforts in 1941 she held every Women's Road Records Association (R.R.A.) bicycle record. [3]
After another two breaks and a meal of fried eggs and bacon, she completed the 1,000 miles (1609 km) in three days and one hour, smashing the women's record and finishing two hours and twenty minutes down on the record men's time. [10] Cycling historian Ramin Minovi said: "Hercules supplied the most bizarre support vehicle ever seen until the ...
She has been placed in other events, including 10-mile races, 12 and 24-hour events, [8] and in 2019, she won gold in the women's pursuit (age 45–54) team at the World Masters Track Cycling Championships. [9] Her personal best for distance covered in 24 hours is 459 miles (739 km). [10] Biddulph works in a bicycle shop in Cannock ...
1st Henson Park 5 mile Championship 1st N.S.W 1000 1 mile Sprint Championship 1950 – 51 1st N.S.W 1000 metre Sprint Championship 1st Henson Park 1 mile Championship 1st Australian 1 mile Championship 1951 – 52 1st N.S.W 1 mile Sprint Championship 1st N.S.W 1000 metre Sprint Championship 1st Dead Heat 1000 N.S.W Time Trial
Event Record Athlete Nationality Date Meet Place Ref Flying 200 m time trial (progression)♦10.029 Lea Friedrich Germany 9 August 2024 2024 Olympic Games: Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France