Gary Sutton (born 27 March 1955) is a cycling coach and a former professional racing cyclist. In

1980 Events January * January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. * January 6 – Global Positioning System time epoch begins at 00:00 UTC. * January 9 – ...

, Sutton became the amateur World Champion in the Points Race. Sutton was born in Moree, New South Wales. He competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

and the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. He was one of the four men to win gold in the team pursuit for

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apar ...

along with his brother,

Shane Sutton Shane Edwin Sutton OBE (born 13 June 1957 in Moree, New South Wales) is an Australian-born former professional racing cyclist turned cycling coach, whose last position was as Technical Director for British Cycling. Racing career He rode under ...

, who has worked as National Technical Director for British Cycling. Gary is also the father of Christopher Sutton, a professional racing cyclist. After retiring from competition, Sutton became a coach, spending 26 years as a national coach with Cycling Australia. In May 2017, it was announced that Cycling Australia would not renew the contract for his position as women's endurance coach beyond the end of June. In August of the same year, USA Cycling announced that Sutton had been appointed as their track endurance head coach. Sutton partnered

Hugh Porter Hugh William Porter MBE (born Wolverhampton, England, 27 January 1940) is one of Britain's greatest former professional cyclists, winning four world titles in the individual pursuit - more than any other rider - as well as a Commonwealth Games ...

as the BBC's commentary team for the cycling events at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing.

Palmarès

;1974 :2nd Silver medal blank

Team Pursuit, Commonwealth Games :3nd Bronze medal blank

Pursuit, Commonwealth Games ;1978 :1st Gold medal blank

Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games (with

Colin Fitzgerald Colin Fitzgerald (born 26 November 1955) is an Australian former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimp ...

, Kevin Nichols and

) ;1980 :1st Prologue, GP Wilhelm Tell :1st Gold medal blank

Amateur Points Race 1980 Track Cycling World Championships ;1982 :8th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland :1st and fastest time

Goulburn to Sydney Classic The Goulburn to Sydney cycling race was a one-day road bicycle race. The first race was held in 1902 with the last in 2012. History The route from Goulburn to Sydney via the Hume Highway was popular with cyclists in the late 19th century and ...

;1983 :1st

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with

;1984 :1st Herald Sun Tour ::1st Stage 3, Herald Sun Tour ::1st Stage 6, Herald Sun Tour ::1st Stage 9, Herald Sun Tour ::1st Stage 18, Herald Sun Tour :1st Stage 3, Yorkshire Classic ( Harrogate) :1st Whitby :4th Newport, East Riding of Yorkshire :5th Yorkshire Classic ( Harrogate) 1990 :9th Herald Sun Tour ::1st Stage 14, Herald Sun Tour

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