Leonard Wyld

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Leonard Wyld

Personal information
Full name	Leonard Arthur Wyld
Date of birth	1906
Country	England  United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Infobox last updated on:
15 March 2008

Olympic medal record
Men's Track cycling
Bronze	1928 Amsterdam	Team pursuit

Leonard Arthur Wyld (born 1906^[1], date of death unknown) was a British track cyclist who was born in London, he won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.^[2]

On 5 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Leonard Wyld, along with Frank Southall, Percy Wyld and Harry Wyld, broke the Team Pursuit Olympic Record in a time of 5:01.6, beating the previous record by 9.2 seconds. They were only the third team to hold the record since it first began on 10 August 1920, it was broken by 10.2 seconds the next day before standing for nearly 8 years.^[3] It's likely the record was broken in the quarter or semi-final round, as they only won a bronze medal, and as they would have proceeded to the finals had the record been broken in the qualifying rounds.

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