 Richard Phelps riding The Golden Machine at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 19 April 1961 Gloucester, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Modern pentathlon | ||||||||||||||
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Richard Phelps (born 19 April 1961) is a British former modern pentathlete.
He was from Hempsted. [1] He was a scrap metal merchant. [2] The British team manager in 1988 was Ron Bright.
He competed at the 1984, 1988, 1992 and the 1996 Summer Olympics. [3] He won a bronze medal in the team event at the 1988 Games.
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