Daniel Clark OAM (born 30 August 1951)Site du Cyclisme, Rider database, Danny Clark
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, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five world championships and at the

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, came second in the 1,000m time trial. Clark was often the fastest finishing rider in six-day races, especially as Patrick Sercu slowed after the mid-1970s. Clark and British rider, Tony Doyle, won many six-day races. He enjoyed the party atmosphere of the races, and continued to work in them as a

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pacer after retiring.

Biography

Clark began cycling on a bike borrowed from a local enthusiast, which he used for three months before acquiring his eldest brother's semi-racer.Licorice Gallery, Interview with Danny Clark
/ref> He became one of the most successful riders in

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in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 74 races, second to Patrick Sercu's 88. Most of these wins came after a crash in the 1983

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six-day which broke his hip. Clark still carries a plate inserted to help the fracture heal and said that when sprinting or climbing, only his right leg delivered full power. Clark won the Australian one-mile

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championship in Evandale, Tasmania, in 1989, beating the Briton Doug Pinkerton and Matthew Driver.Canberra Bicycle Museum, Article about Danny Clark sourced from "Freewheel" Issue 11, New Zealand
He lives in

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, near

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Major results

Olympic Games

* Munich 1972: ** Silver kilomètre

World championships

* Besançon 1980: ** Arc en ciel

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* Brno 1981: ** Arc en ciel

Keirin ** Silver, points * Leicester 1982: ** Silver, keirin * Zurich 1983: ** Silver, keirin * Bassano del Grappa 1985: ** Silver, Motor-paced * Vienna 1987: ** Silver, motor-paced * Ghent 1988: ** Arc en ciel

Motor-paced * Maebashi 1990: ** Bronze, motor-paced ** Bronze, points * Stuttgart 1991: ** Arc en ciel

Motor-paced

Six-days

* Nouméa: 1972 with Malcom Hill * Sydney: 1974 with Frank Atkins * Ghent: 1976, 1979, 1982 with Don Allan, 1986 with Tony Doyle, 1987, 1994 with Etienne De Wilde, 1990 with Roland Günther * Münster: 1977, 1980 with Don Allan, 1988 with Tony Doyle * Rotterdam: 1977, 1978, 1985 with René Pijnen, 1981 with Don Allan, 1986 with

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, 1987 with Pierangelo Bincoletto, 1988 with Tony Doyle * Antwerp: 1978 with Freddy Maertens, 1987 with Etienne De Wilde * London: 1978, 1980 with Don Allan * Copenhagen: 1978 with Don Allan, 1986, 1987 with Tony Doyle, 1989, 1992 with Urs Freuler, 1990, 1991 with Jens Veggerby, 1995 with Jimmi Madsen * Herning: 1978, 1982 with Don Allan * Bremen: 1979 with René Pijnen, 1987 with

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, 1988 with Tony Doyle, 1990 with Roland Günther, 1994 with Andreas Kappes * Maastricht: 1979 with Don Allan, 1984 with René Pijnen, 1985, 1987 with Tony Doyle * Hannover: 1980 with Don Allan * Cologne: 1980 with René Pijnen, 1985 with Dietrich Thurau, 1989 with Tony Doyle * Munich: 1980, 1981 with Don Allan, 1986 with Dietrich Thurau, 1988, 1990 with Tony Doyle * Grenoble: 1980 with Bernard Thévenet, 1989 with Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle * Dortmund: 1982 with Henry Rinklin, 1983, 1986, 1988 with Tony Doyle, 1987 with Roman Hermann, 1991, 1995 with Rolf Aldag * Berlin: 1983, 1986, 1988 with Tony Doyle, 1984 with Horst Schütz, 1985 with Hans-Henrik Ørsted * Bassano del Grappa: 1986 with Roberto Amadio and Francesco Moser, 1988 with Francesco Moser, 1989 with Adriano Baffi * Launceston: 1986 with Tony Doyle * Paris: 1986 with Bernard Vallet, 1988 with Tony Doyle * Stuttgart: 1989 with Uwe Bolten, 1992 with Pierangelo Bincoletto, 1995 with Etienne De Wilde *

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: 1993 with Marcelo Alexandre * Nouméa: 2000 with Graeme Brown

European championships

* Omnium 1978, 1979, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 * Derny 1985, 1986, 1990 * Motor-paced 1988 * Madison 1979 with Don Allan, 1988 with Tony Doyle

Honours

Clark received a Medal of the

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in 1986 and was inducted into the

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in 1987. He received an

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and a

Centenary Medal The Centenary Medal is an award which was created by the Australian Government in 2001. It was established to commemorate the centenary of the Federation of Australia and to recognise "people who made a contribution to Australian society or g ...

in 2001.

References

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