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Kevin "Clyde" Sefton (born 20 January 1951) is a former
road racing cyclist
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
from Australia, who was a professional rider from 1972 to 1983. He represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...
in Munich
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, West Germany
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, where he won the silver medal in the men's individual road race, behind the Netherlands' Hennie Kuiper. He also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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He won the Australian national road race title in 1981.
Major results
;1972 :2nd Road race
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, Olympic Games
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;1974
:Giro Ciclistico d'Italia
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::1st Stages 6 & 10b
;1978
:Herald Sun Tour
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::1st Stages 3a & 7a
:2nd Gran Piemonte
:2nd Giro di Romagna
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:10th Milan-San Remo
;1979
:1st Stage 6 Herald Sun Tour
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:6th Giro dell'Emilia
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;1981
:1st Overall Herald Sun Tour
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::1st Stages 10, 12 & 21
:1st Road race
Road racing, road race of road racer may refer to:
* Road racing in motorsport
* Road running on foot
* Road bicycle racing
* ''Road Race'', initial name of 1976 arcade game ''Fonz'' (video game)
* Roadracers (1994 film)
* Roadracers (1959 fi ...
, National Road Championships
;1982
:2nd Overall Herald Sun Tour
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::1st Stages 4a & 8
;1983
:Herald Sun Tour
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::1st Stages 1, 7 & 17
References
External links
* * 1951 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Australia Olympic silver medalists for Australia Cyclists from Victoria (Australia) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Cyclists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub