Michael Ronald Grenda, OAM (born 24 April 1962) is a retired

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and

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 ...

from Australia, who represented his native country at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

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, California. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4000m team pursuit, alongside

Dean Woods Dean Anthony Woods OAM (22 June 1966 – 3 March 2022) was an Australian racing cyclist from Wangaratta in Victoria known for his track cycling at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. On Australia Day 1985 he was awarded the Order of Au ...

, Kevin Nichols, and

Michael Turtur Michael Colin Turtur (born 2 July 1958 in Adelaide, South Australia) is a former track cyclist and Summer Olympics, Olympic gold medallist in the Team pursuit, 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, with t ...

. He was a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1991. He graduated from the Tasmanian Police Academy in 2014.

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* 1964 births Living people Australian track cyclists Olympic cyclists for Australia Olympic gold medalists for Australia Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Tasmania Place of birth missing (living people) Olympic medalists in cycling Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia Australian male cyclists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Cyclists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 20th-century Australian sportsmen Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cycling {{Australia-Olympic-medalist-stub