Gary Sutton
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gary Sutton |
| Born | 27 March 1955 Moree, New South Wales, Australia |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track & Road |
| Role | Rider, Coach |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1982 | Termolan - Galli |
| 1983 | Termolan - Galli - Ciocc |
| 1984 | Clarence St. Cyclery |
| 1985 | Spenco - Gazelle |
| 1989 | PMS - Falcon |
| Major wins | |
 Commonwealth Games Team Pursuit Gold Medal - 1978. World Point Score Champion - 1981. |
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| Infobox last updated on 29 December 2014 |
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Gary Sutton (born 27 March 1955) is Cycling Australia's head Women's Track Endurance cycling coach and a former professional racing cyclist. In 1981, Sutton became the World Champion in the Point Score.
Sutton was born in Moree, New South Wales. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] He was one of the four men to win gold for Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games along with his brother, Shane Sutton, who is currently National Technical Director for British Cycling. Gary is also the father of Christopher Sutton, a professional racing cyclist with Team Sky.
Sutton partnered Hugh Porter as the BBC's commentary team for the cycling events at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Palmarés
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- 1974
- 3rd
Pursuit, Commonwealth Games
- 1978
- 1st
Team Pursuit Commonwealth Games (with Colin Fitzgerald, Kevin Nichols and Shane Sutton)
- 1980
- 1st Prologue, GP Wilhelm Tell
- 1981
- 1st Point Score 1981 Track Cycling World Championships
- 1982
- 8th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
- 1st and fastest time Goulburn to Sydney Classic[2]
- 1983
- 1st Bendigo International Madison with Shane Sutton
- 1984
- 1st Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 3, Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 6, Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 9, Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 18, Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 3, Yorkshire Classic (Harrogate)
- 1st Whitby
- 4th Newport, East Riding of Yorkshire
- 5th Yorkshire Classic (Harrogate)
1990
- 9th Herald Sun Tour
- 1st Stage 14, Herald Sun Tour
References
External links
- Gary Sutton at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- Australian cycling coaches
- Australian male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
- Cycling announcers
- Cyclists from New South Wales
- New South Wales Institute of Sport alumni
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Olympic cyclists of Australia
- Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
