Richard Johnstone

Richard Johnstone
Personal information
Full name Richard Davis Johnstone
Nickname Dick
Born (1936-06-23) 23 June 1936
Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 94 kg (207 lb)
Major wins
1957 New Zealand Road Cycling Champion, 1960 Inaugural Dulux 6 day Race Winner, 1963 Tour of Southland Winner, Tour of Waikato Winner. 1987 Alwyn Moon Memorial Award.

Richard Davis (Dick) Johnstone (born 23 June 1936) is a former track and road cyclist who participated in the 1964 Summer Olympic games and the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games.[1]

He went as an official to two Commonwealth Games,1986 Edinburgh, Scotland and 1994 Victoria, Canada. He was elected as an official of the boycotted Moscow Olympic Games.

He was a New Zealand National Track cycling coach (1976-1994) and coached the winning team Tour of the Future (1992) in Arizona, USA. He was a New Zealand Cycling Selector.

References

  1. "Sports-reference.com Bio". Retrieved 2009-05-04.


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