Daryl Perkins
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| Full name | Daryl Perkins | ||||||||||||
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20 April 1943 Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)[1] | ||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint | ||||||||||||
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| (from at least 2002–) | Carnegie Caulfield Club | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | Maillot Jaune[2] | ||||||||||||
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Daryl Perkins (born 20 April 1943)[1] is a former Australian professional track cyclist.
Biography
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 Director of Coaching at Blackburn Cycling Club.[8] He is also a commissaire.[9]
He is the father of track cyclist Shane Perkins.[10]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Daryl Perkins". Sports Reference.
- ↑ Cameron Lucadou-Wells (2008-08-11). "Riders remember a brilliant life lost". Monash Journal.
- ↑ "Pacer: Daryl Perkins (Australia) & rider Doug Garley (Australia) 2003".
- ↑ "Australian & New Zealand Olympians: The Stories of 100 Great Champions, Graeme Atkinson".
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". gbrathletics.com.
- ↑ Melissa Ryan (2004-04-10). "Old heroes re-create legendary stoush". Fairfax Digital.
- ↑ Mal Sawford (2003-11-08). "Nunan fends off strong field in Caulfield wheel race". Cycling News.
- ↑ "Newsletter Archive". Blackburn Cycling Club. 2014.
- ↑ Malcolm Sawford (2002-06-29). "Two out of two for Snozza". Cycling News.
- ↑ "World Junior Track Championships". Cycling News. 2004-07-29.