Des Thomson
| Personal information | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 22 August 1942 Oamaru, New Zealand |
||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||
|
Medal record
|
|||||||||||||
| Infobox last updated on 2 August 2014 |
|||||||||||||
Desmond "Des" Ronald Thomson (born 22 August 1942) is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand.[1]
He won the silver medal in the men's road race at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
He went to two Olympics in 1964 and 1968 competing in the men's road race and team time trial. In the men's road race he finished 61st in 1964 and did not finish in 1968. [2]
His brother Richie Thomson was also a New Zealand representative cyclist competing at two Commonwealth Games and the 1968 Olympic Games.
He also won the Australian Road title. He rode for Queensland having moved to the Gold Coast and joining Nerang - Gold Coast cycling club.
References
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This biographical article relating to New Zealand cycling is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Use dmy dates from August 2014
- 1942 births
- Living people
- New Zealand male cyclists
- Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Cyclists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists of New Zealand
- People from Oamaru
- New Zealand cycling biography stubs
