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Full name | George Robert Bayne Giles | ||||||||||
Born | Wanganui, New Zealand [1] | 21 December 1913||||||||||
Died | 11 July 1973 59) Wanganui, New Zealand | (aged||||||||||
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Discipline | Track, road | ||||||||||
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George Robert Bayne Giles (21 December 1913 – 11 July 1973) was a New Zealand track and road cyclist. He was a New Zealand's leading track cyclist of the 1930s and held several national titles in 1936–38: the national sprint, time trial third time in succession, and 10-mile title. [2]
Giles was born in Christchurch where he worked in a cycle shop, then as a barman at a hotel. [3] After being initially overlooked for selection due to his times not being "up to the required standard", [4] he represented New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin in the sprint, 1000 m time trial, and in the road race. At the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney he won the bronze medal in the sprint and placed ninth in the time trial. [1]
He died suddenly in Wanganui on 11 July 1973 aged 59, leaving a wife and four sons. [3] [5]
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