Gary Neiwand

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**Gary Neiwand**
Personal information
Full name	Gary Neiwand
Date of birth	September 4, 1966 (1966-09-04) (age 41)
Country	Australia
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Infobox last updated on:
13 April 2008

Medal record
Competitor for Australia
Men's Cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze	Seoul 1988	1.000m Sprint
Silver	Barcelona 1992	1.000m Sprint
Silver	Sydney 2000	Keirin
Bronze	Sydney 2000	Olympic Sprint
Commonwealth Games
Gold	1986 Edinburgh	Sprint
Gold	1990 Auckland	Sprint
Gold	1994 Victoria, BC, Canada	Sprint

Gary Neiwand (born September 4, 1966 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a retired track cyclist from Australia, who won four Olympic medals during his career: two silver, two bronze. He competed in three Summer Olympics for his native country.

Neiwand represented his country at the highest level for more than a decade, also winning medals at the Commonwealth Games and World Championships level. He was Commonwealth Games sprint champion in 1986, 1990 and 1994 and won the World Championships in both the keirin and sprint in 1993.

In 2006, Neiwand was sentenced to 18 months in prison for stalking a former girlfriend. ^[1]