Trevor John Gadd (born 1952) is a retired English track cycling champion who represented Great Britain and England.

Cycling career

Olympic Games

Gadd represented Great Britain at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

where he finished in 12th place in the men's sprint.

Commonwealth Games

He represented

England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...

and won two

silver medal A silver medal, in sports and other similar areas involving competition, is a medal made of, or plated with, silver awarded to the second-place finisher, or runner-up, of contests or competitions such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, ...

s in the tandem and the 1,000 metres match sprint, at the

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

in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

World Championships

He competed in the 1977 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Venezuela.

National Championships

Gadd won six

British National Track Championships The British National Track Championships are a Track cycling event held annually and organised by the national governing body for track cycling (and other forms of cycling) in Great Britain, British Cycling (formerly the British Cycling Federat ...

; three in

1977 Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (no ...

and three in

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd ...

Other

* 1977 British White Hope winner, Herne Hill, London, 5th in the 1 km time trial. * 1978 European Indoor Championships East Berlin, 2nd in sprint. * 1978 Winner, Champion of Champions Sprint event in Herne Hill, London (first British rider to win in 20 years). * 1987 Canadian National Championships; sprint silver and 1.000 metres time trial.

References

External links

* http://www.gbrathletics.com/commonwealth/cycling.htm * http://www.londonfgss.com/thread16620.html 1952 births Living people English male cyclists British male cyclists Sportspeople from Wolverhampton Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Cyclists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in cycling {{UK-cycling-bio-stub