Nelson Saldana

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Nelson Saldana is a former American track cycling Champion originally from Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. Saldana was a Gold Medal winner in the Team Pursuit at the 1975 Pan American Games [1] He was also the 1977 USA Men's Point Race National Champion [2] as well as 1972 Junior Men's track champion. [3]

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In 2006 Nelson Saldana was inducted into the Lehigh Valley Velodrome's Hall of Fame. [2]

New York State Trooper

In 1996, as a New York State Police diver, Saldana participated in the investigation of the crash of TWA Flight 800. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Pan American Games Champions 1972-1981". Archived from the original on 2012-11-09. Retrieved 2008-08-27.
  2. 1 2 "First Edition Cycling News for August 16, 2006". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  3. ↑ Velo History333m.com Archived 2008-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "CNN - New ship joins TWA search, but weather hampers progress - July 31, 1996". CNN .
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