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| Full name | Daryl Perkins | ||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1943 Victoria, Australia |
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| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (170 lb; 12.0 st)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint | ||||||||||||
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| (from at least 2002–) 2008 |
Carnegie Caulfield Club Maillot Jaune[2] |
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| Infobox last updated on 24 January 2009 |
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Daryl Perkins (born 20 April 1943)[1] is a former Australian professional track cyclist.
Perkins was born and lives in the state of Victoria, Australia. He was a sprint, tandem and six-day rider.[3]
Perkins teamed with Ian Browne to win the tandem sprint at the Australian National Track Championships. That qualified them to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4] They were knocked out of the tandem sprint in the quarter final by the Soviet Union and came fifth.[1]
In 1966, Perkins won the bronze medal in the 1000m sprint at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, finishing behind Roger Gibbon and Jim Booker.[5]
Perkins took over a hotel in Ararat in 2004.[6] He is also involved in Derny piloting[7] and track coaching with Carnegie Caulfield Club.[8][9] He is also a commisaire.[10]
He is the father of track cyclist Shane Perkins.[11]