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Joseph Waugh (born 28 July 1952) is a British former
cyclist Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bicycle or other types of pedal-driven human-powered vehicles such as balance bikes, unicycles, tricycles, and quadricycles. Cycling is practised around the world fo ...
. He competed at the
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and the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
. He also represented
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and won a
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in the team time trial, at the
1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the ...
in
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,
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,
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.


Early life

He lived on Imeary Street in South Shields. He attended South Shields Grammar-Technical School for Boys. He had a twin brother John. He married Paula in 1979. He was hit by a Ford Cortina at the junction of Tynemouth Road and Brandling Terrace on Tuesday 3 May 1983 at 10.30pm. On Thursday 14 June 1984, a 39 year old taxi driver from Jesmond was banned from driving for five years, after found with 207mg of alcohol.''Newcastle Journal'' Friday 15 June 1984, page 3


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* 1952 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Cyclists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from South Shields Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling {{UK-cycling-bio-stub