Rudolph Lewis

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Rudolph Lewis
Medal record
Lewis in 1912

Road bicycle racing
Competitor for South Africa
Olympic Games
Gold	1912 Stockholm	Road race

Rudolph "Okey" Lewis (12 July 1887 – 29 October 1933) was a South African road racing cyclist who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. There he won the gold medal in the road race event.^[1] During World War I, he served in the German Army and was awarded the Iron Cross.^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Rudolph Lewis Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2013-05-10.

External links

v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Individual Time Trial

1912: Rudolph Lewis (RSA) 1920: Harry Stenqvist (SWE) 1924: Armand Blanchonnet (FRA) 1928–1992 1996: Miguel Indurain (ESP) 2000: Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) 2004: Viatcheslav Ekimov (RUS) 2008: Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 2012: Bradley Wiggins (GBR)

Persondata
Name	Lewis, Rudolph
Alternative names
Short description	South African racing cyclist
Date of birth	12 July 1887
Place of birth
Date of death	29 October 1933
Place of death

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