Brett Aitken

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Brett Aitken
Personal information
Born (1971-01-25) 25 January 1971 (age 54)
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia[1]
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)[2]
Team information
Discipline Track cycling
Role Rider
Medal record
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Madison
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona Team pursuit
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria Team pursuit
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland Team pursuit
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Hamar Team pursuit
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Stuttgart Team pursuit

Brett Aitken (born 25 January 1971) is an Australian Olympic track cyclist.[3] He has won three Olympic medals,[4] including gold in the Madison event at the 2000 Olympics.[5] He retired from cycling in 2004, but returned in 2006 to ride on the Oceania Tour.[5] On 16 January 2001, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for his gold medal winning achievement.[6]

Aitken was born in Adelaide and was affiliated with the Adelaide Cycling Club.[2] He was also an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[7]

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  3. ↑ Athlete Biography, AOC
  4. ↑ Olympic Games, ABC
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jones, Jeff & Stevenson, John (2006) "Olympic gold medalist Aitken returns to cycling", CyclingNews.com, 18 February 2006, retrieved 24 January 2010
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ AIS Cycling Achievements
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