Graeme Gilmore (born 29 June 1945 in

Launceston, Tasmania Launceston () is a city in the north of Tasmania, Australia, at the confluence of the North Esk River, North Esk and South Esk River, South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River, Tasmania, Tamar River (kanamaluka). As of 2021, the Launc ...

) is an Australian retired

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

. He is the father of Belgian racing cyclist

Matthew Gilmore Matthew Gilmore (born 11 September 1972 in Ghent) is a Belgian-Australian retired track cyclist, who mostly competed and was most successful on track for Belgium. Although Gilmore was born in and represented Belgium, he is the son of Australian ...

and brother in law of British racing cyclist

Tom Simpson Thomas Simpson (30 November 1937 – 13 July 1967) was one of Britain's most successful professional cyclists. He was born in Haswell, County Durham, and later moved to Harworth, Nottinghamshire. Simpson began road cycling as a teenager ...

. Gilmore started racing in November 1955 at the age of 10. He came second in his first race, a 1-mile event at York Park Track Launceston. He won his second race, the same month, again a 1-mile event at York Park Track. He won several juvenile and junior championships before beginning to compete for prize money at the age of 15, which in Australian at that time deemed him a professional. In 1967 Gilmore was awarded both Australian Professional Road & Track Cyclist of the Year from "Road & Track" magazine readers, and became an inaugural member of the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame. In the same year he won the Australian national road race title. Gilmore was awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year 1972. Gilmore was a successful track rider on the European

Six-day racing Six-day cycling is a track cycling event that takes place over six days. Six-day races started in Britain, spread to many regions of the world, were brought to their modern style in the United States and are now mainly a European event. Initiall ...

scene.

Palmarès

;1960 :1st 1 mile, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro :1st 5 mile, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro :1st Sprint, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro :1st Tasmanian Championship, Road, Junior Pro ;1961 :2nd Australian National Road Race Championships, Junior Pro ;1962 :3rd Burnie Wheelrace, Australia :1st Latrobe, 2 Mile Handicap Race, Australia :1st 1 Mile, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro :1st 5 Mile, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro :1st Team Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro :1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro ;1963 :3rd Burnie Wheelrace, Australia :2nd Scratch race, Australian National Track Championships :2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships :1st Panton Memorial, Australia :1st 1 mile, Tasmanian Championship, Track, Pro :1st 5 mile, Tasmanian Championship, Track, Pro :1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Latrobe, Australia ;1964 :1st Burnie, Scratch, Australia :1st Devonport, Scratch, Australia :1st Latrobe, Scratch, Australia :1st Panton Memorial, Australia :1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Burnie, Australia :1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Latrobe, Australia ;1965 :2nd Launceston Six Day, Australia :1st Panton Memorial, Australia ;1966 :1st 2 Mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia :2nd General Classification,

Herald Sun Tour The Herald Sun Tour is an Australian professional bicycle race held in Melbourne and provincial Victoria, sanctioned by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). The first tour was held in October 1952 as a six-day event. It is now held annuall ...

::1st Stage 1, Charlton ::1st Stage 4, Deneliquin ::1st Stage 5, Finley (New South Wales) ::1st Stage 9, Lilydale :2nd Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships :2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships ;1967 :1st General Classification Tour of the Peninsular, Australia :

: ::1st Stage 3, Mayborough ::1st Stage 5, Moe (Victoria) ::1st Stage 6, Warragul (Victoria) ::1st Stage 9, Lilydale :1st København Paar, Omnium, Denmark (with Danny Clark) :1st Launceston, Six Days, Australia (with

Sid Patterson Sydney Patterson (also known as Sid Patterson, 14 August 1927 – 29 November 1999) was a world champion amateur and professional track cyclist from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. While a teenager, Patterson won every Victorian and Austral ...

) :1st Melbourne - Warrnambool :1st Melbourne Ron Edminson Wheelrace, 2 mile Handicap Race :1st Melbourne Stan Mullaney Wheelrace, 2 mile Handicap Race :1st Melbourne, Sprint, Australia :1st 1 Mile, Australian National Track Championships :2nd Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships :1st

Australian National Road Race Championships The Australian National Road Race Championships, are held annually with an event for each category of bicycle rider: Men, Women & under 23 riders. The event also includes the Australian National Time Trial Championships since 2002. The Australi ...

:1st 25 mile, Tasmanian Road Championship :1st 50 mile, Tasmanian Road Championship :Tour of the Peninsular, Australia: ::1st Stage 1, Cranbourne (Victoria) ::1st Stage 2, Rosebud (Victoria) ::1st Stage 3, Sorrento (Victoria) :1st 125 mile, Victorian Road Championships, Australia :1st 150 mile, Victorian Road Championships, Australia :1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia ;1968 :3rd Launceston Six Day, Australia ;1969 :3rd London Six Day, Great Britain :3rd Rotterdam Six Day, The Netherlands :2nd Tom Simpson Memorial, Great Britain ;1970 :1st Stage 1 V&G Series, Middlesbrough, Great Britain :1st Bonus Series, Great Britain :3rd

Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent () is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of ...

, Belgium :3rd Groningen Six Day, The Netherlands :1st General Classification V&G Series, Great Britain ::1st Stage 3, Nottingham ::1st Stage 5, Birmingham :2nd Weston Super Mare Grand Prix, Great Britain ;1971 :3rd Madison,

European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...

, Elite ;1972 :1st Civitavecchia, Sprint, Italy :1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia :1st Dortmund, Sprint, Germany :2nd Derny,

, Elite :3rd

, Belgium :2nd Groningen Six Day, The Netherlands :1st Napoli, Sprint, Italy :1st Zürich Six Day, Switzerland (with

Albert Fritz Albert Theo Fritz (born 1 July 1959) is a South African politician and advocate. He was the Western Cape Department of Community Safety, Western Cape Provincial Minister of Community Safety for two nonconconsecutive terms from 2010 to 2011 and ...

& Wilfried Peffgen) :3rd Rotterdam Six Day, The Netherlands :3rd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium :6th Oostburg, The Netherlands ;1973 :2nd Berlin Six Day, Germany :1st Bremen Six Day, Germany (with

Dieter Kemper Dieter Kemper (11 August 1937 – 11 October 2018) was a German cyclist who competed professionally between 1961 and 1980. During his career he won one UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1975, seven European titles Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world title ...

) :1st Ghent, Madison, Belgium (with

Patrick Sercu Patrick Sercu (27 June 1944 – 19 April 2019) was a Belgian cyclist who was active on the road and track between 1961 and 1983. On track, he won the gold medal in the 1 km time trial at the 1964 Summer Olympics, as well as three world title ...

) :1st

, Belgium (with

) :1st Köln, Sprint, Germany :1st Los Angeles Six Day, USA (with Klaus Bugdahl) :3rd Waldenbuch, Germany :2nd Antwerp, Six Day, Belgium :3rd Maldegem, Belgium :2nd München Six Day, Germany ;1974 :1st Omnium, Canadian Professional Open Track event, Toronto :3rd Derny,

, Elite :1st Omnium,

, Elite :2nd Madison,

, Elite :1st Ghent, Omnium, Belgium (with

) :1st Ghent, Madison, Belgium (with

) :1st Köln Six Day, Germany (with

Dieter Kemper Dieter Kemper (11 August 1937 – 11 October 2018) was a German cyclist who competed professionally between 1961 and 1980. During his career he won one UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1975, seven European titles Sigi Renz Sigi Renz (2 August 1938 – 1 February 2025) was a German racing cyclist. He won the German National Road Race in 1963. Renz died of cancer in Regensburg Regensburg (historically known in English as Ratisbon) is a city in eastern Bavaria ...

) :1st Zürich Six Day, Switzerland (with Klaus Bugdahl) :3rd Bremen Six Day, Germany :1st Westrozebeke, Belgium :1st

, Belgium (with

Julien Stevens Julien Stevens (born 25 February 1943) is a retired Belgian cyclist who raced from 1963 to 1977. Stevens spent most part of his career employed to help other riders, such as Rik Van Steenbergen, Rik Van Looy and Eddy Merckx. In 1969, at the road ...

) ;1975 :1st Dortmund Six Day, Germany (with

Dieter Kemper Dieter Kemper (11 August 1937 – 11 October 2018) was a German cyclist who competed professionally between 1961 and 1980. During his career he won one UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1975, seven European titles European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...

, Elite :2nd

, Belgium :2nd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium :3rd Stage 7a,

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the ...

:3rd Herning Six Day, Denmark ;1976 :3rd Bremen Six Day, Germany :3rd

, Belgium :2nd München Six Day, Germany :1st Maastricht Six Day, Maastricht (Limburg), The Netherlands (with

) :1st Copenhagen Six Day, Denmark (with

Dieter Kemper Dieter Kemper (11 August 1937 – 11 October 2018) was a German cyclist who competed professionally between 1961 and 1980. During his career he won one UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1975, seven European titles1945 births Living people Australian male cyclists Cyclists from Tasmania Sportspeople from Launceston, Tasmania Sportsmen from Tasmania 20th-century Australian sportsmen