Harry Ryan

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Harry Ryan
Personal information
Full name Harry Edgar Ryan
Date of birth November 21, 1893(1893-11-21)
Date of death April 14, 1961 (aged 67)
Country Flag of England England
Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Tandem & Sprinter
Infobox last updated on:
17 December 2007
Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain
Track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold 1920 Antwerp tandem
Bronze 1920 Antwerp sprint

Harry Edgar Ryan (November 21, 1893 St Pancras, London[1][2] – April 14, 1961, Ealing[3]) was a British track cycling racer. Ryan came second in the World Amateur Sprint Championships in 1913.[4], he also competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal in the tandem competition together with his partner Thomas Lance as well as the bronze medal in the sprint event.

Ryan lived at 312 Euston Road, St Pancras, London during the 1901 census, his father was a cutler and toolmaker and a shopkeeper.

[edit] References

  1. ^ England & Wales Birth Index, Jan/Mar quarter 1894, Harry Edgar Ryan, Pancras registration district, volume 1b, page 1
  2. ^ 1901 Census - 312 Euston Road, St Pancras, London, RG 13/130, page 4 & 5 of 62
  3. ^ England & Wales Death Index, Apr/May quarter 1961, Harry E. Ryan, aged 67, Ealing registration district, volume 5e, page 159
  4. ^ Track Cycling World Championships - Men: Sprint. Sports123.com.

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