Michael John "Mick" Bennett (born 8 June 1949, Birmingham) is a British former cyclist and cycle race promoter.

Cycling career

He won the bronze medal in Team Pursuit in the 1972 Munich and 1976 Montreal Games. He represented

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in the 1 km time trial, at the

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. Four years later he competed in the scratch and pursuit disciplines and won a gold medal in the 4,000 metres team pursuit at the

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, New Zealand. He was five times a British champion winning the British National Sprint in

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, two British National Madison Championships (1973 & 1975) and two British National Individual Time Trial Championships (1971 & 1972). Bennett originally took up cycling as part of a programme of rehabilitation after developing

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. In 2004, Bennett formed Sweetspot Management, which organises the

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, the

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and (in collaboration with the

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)

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References

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