Martin Willock

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Martin Willock
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Born (1954-09-28) 28 September 1954 (age 70)
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Discipline Road racing

Martin Willock (born 28 September 1954) is a Canadian former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [1]

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Career

Willock was a member of the Victoria Wheelers cycling club. [2] In 1977, he came second at a 50-lap cycling event around the streets of Vancouver. [2] In 1979, he came fifth at the Canadian National Championships, and later in the year, he competed at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships. [3] In 1980, Willock retired from professional cycling in order to build a house, but returned to the sport the following year. [4] In 1981, Willock was in the British Columbian team that won the Canadian Provincial 100 km team time trial. During the race, he suffered a flat tire. [5] In the same year, he came second in the Whistler two-day 220 km cycle race, finishing behind his brother Bernie. [4] [6] In 1981, he also came seventh at the Gastown Grand Prix. [7] In 1982, Willock retired again, this time to set up a repairs company, before once again returning the following year. [4]

Willock competed in the 1983 Pan American Games. [8] In the same year, he finished second at the British Columbian road racing championships, and came seventh at the Tour de Québec. [4] He competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics, [9] after setting a Canadian national record of 2:04:21 in the country's Olympic trial event, [10] [11] which was faster than the Canadian qualifying time of 2:07:00. [11]

In 1990, Willock was a coach of the British Columbian junior provincial cycling squad. [12] Willock was still cycling in the Victoria Cycle League in 2002. [13]

Personal life

Aside from sport, Willock has worked as a boat builder in Sidney, British Columbia. [10] He is the brother of Bernie Willock, who qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics but did not compete due to the American-led boycott, [14] [10] and the father of Erinne Willock, who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [14]

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