Dave Le Grys

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David Le Grys
Personal information
Full nameDavid Le Grys
NicknameLegro
Born (1955-08-10) 10 August 1955 (age 67)
Carshalton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Team information
DisciplineTrack and road cycling
RoleRider and Coach
Amateur teams
1998Team Brite
2000-2004DataPhonics RT
2005-2008VC St Raphael/Waites Contracts
2009-Team Terminator
Major wins
Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png World Masters Champion x 25
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg National Champion x 16 (at least)
Medal record

David Le Grys (born 10 August 1955) is an English track cyclist, World Masters track champion, and cycling coach who has competed at international level for his country.

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Cycling career

He represented England and won a silver medal in the tandem sprint with Trevor Gadd, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [1] [2]

He represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games, world championships and grand prix and was a multiple national champion from 1973 to 1987, and was an élite professional. [3]

Palmarès

Flag of England.svg Commonwealth Games silver medal
1978 tandem sprint
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British National Individual Sprint Championships
1982, 1986, 1987
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British National Tandem Sprint Championships
1976
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British National Keirin Championships
1987
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg British and Coomwealth cycling speed record
110 mph, 1986

Coaching

Having turned professional in 1982, Le Grys retired from cycling in 1987 for 10 years but carried on coaching. He became the British Cycling Federation's national track coach in 1989, but retired in July 1994 in protest at Paul McHugh's omission from England's 1994 Commonwealth Games squad. [4] In 1986 he set both the British absolute speed record at 110 mph behind a pace car with faring and the World roller cycling speed record at 126.6 mph. He was also involved with marathon running and duathlons. Best marathon 2 hours 36 minutes.

Masters cycling

Le Grys returned to competitive cycling 1997. He won the 500m time trial in the 50–54 age group at the 2006 UCI Track Cycling Masters World Championships at Manchester Velodrome. At the 2007 Championships, held at the Dunc Gray Velodrome in Sydney, he won gold in the 500m Time Trial (50-54 age group) with a WR of 34.01 and silver in the 750m Team Sprint. Le Grys has won 25 World Masters titles in the sprint, team sprint, 750 and 500m time trials. 2013 was a good year for Le Grys, he won three European Masters track championships, two World Masters Track Championships, Essex Sports Personality of the year and married Tracy Baker, former wife of Essex cyclist Gary Baker.

Open heart surgery 2015 at Papworth Hospital repairing leaky heart valve (Mitral valve) and back Surgery 2016 Royal London Orthopaedic Hospital Back racing again and has medalled in World Masters in USA (Los Angeles) 2017 and British Masters Championships 2017-2018, however was well below the fitness/strength he is used to. "Legro" as he is known to most is focussing now is the latter part of his life running training camps in Majorca

Palmarès

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg National veteran sprint champion
1997, 1998, 1999, 2000 & 2001
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg National masters sprint champion
2002, 2004 & 2005 2010, 2012
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg National masters 750m TT champion
2002 & 2003
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg National masters 500m TT champion
2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png World masters sprint champion
1997, 2001 & 2002 2013
Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png World masters 750m TT champion
1999, 2000, 2001 & 2002
Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png World masters 500m TT champion
2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Cycling World Champion Rainbow Stripes.png World masters Olympic sprint champion
1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 & 2006

25 times World masters champion to date

Flag of the United Kingdom.svg European Masters Champion 500m TT 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg European Team Sprint Champion 500m TT 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2017

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References

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  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "Profile and record". Cycling Archives.
  4. "Sporting Digest: Cycling". The Independent. 30 July 1994.