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Jeffery Hartley (born 5 March 1944 in Innisfail, Queensland) is a retired Australian professional track and road cyclist.
Innisfail is a town and locality in the Cassowary Coast Region in Far North Queensland, Australia. The town was originally called Geraldton until 1910. It is the major township of the Cassowary Coast Region and is well renowned for its sugar and banana industries, as well as for being one of Australia's wettest towns. In March 2006 Innisfail gained worldwide attention when severe Tropical Cyclone Larry passed over causing extensive damage. In the 2011 census, the town of Innisfail had a population of 7,176 people.
Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing. The name is derived from the sport's typical venue: a stadium with an oval running track enclosing a grass field where the throwing and some of the jumping events take place. Track and field is categorized under the umbrella sport of athletics, which also includes road running, cross country running, and race walking.
Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling. It includes recreational, racing, and utility cycling. Road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same rules and laws as other vehicle drivers or riders and may also be vehicular cyclists.
Hartley started racing in Townsville in Queensland, Australia at the age of 12. He achieved first and fastest in his first handicap road race, a 3-mile event at Townsville. The same month, he won his second race at the Royals Amateur Cycling Club track in Townsville. He won several juvenile and junior championships before beginning to compete for prize money at the age of 16, which in Australia at that time deemed him a professional and he then joined the Townsville City Wheelers.
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a population of 173,815 as of the 2016 Australian census. Considered the unofficial capital of North Queensland by locals, Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state. It is in the dry tropics region of Queensland, adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef. The city is also a major industrial centre, home to one of the world's largest zinc refineries, a nickel refinery and many other similar activities. The Port of Townsville is also being expanded to allow much larger cargo ships from Asia and the world's largest passenger ships to visit. It is an increasingly important port due to its proximity to Asia and major trading partners such as China.
In 1970 after winning the Queensland Individual Pursuit Championship, Hartley moved to Newcastle, New South Wales to race with the elite Riders, Ian Chapman and Bob Ryan. He won the New South Wales state individual pursuit championship that year. In 1971 Hartley won the Australian five mile track championship and came third in the Australian National Road Race Championships the same year.[2]
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas. It is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area which includes most parts of the local government areas of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens Council.
Ian Chapman is an Australian former cyclist. He competed in the 1000m time trial at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
The Australian National Road Race Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event also includes the Australian National Time Trial Championships since 2002. The Australian Championships were officially known as the Scody Australian Open Road Cycling Championships from 1999 to 2010, taking the name of their main sponsor. This changed to the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships from 2011 but they are more commonly referred to as The Nationals. The under 23 championships were introduced in 2001. Note that these results do not currently include the senior and junior amateur road race championships that were held prior to the open era.
Hartley was a successful track rider on the European track racing circuit during 1972 and 1973 as part of the Sportslife Magazine Racing Team.[3]
