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Full name | Kevin John Nichols | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Grafton, New South Wales, Australia | 4 July 1955|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | Pursuit | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kevin John Nichols OAM[1] (born 4 July 1955 in Grafton, New South Wales) is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist.
His daughter, Kate Nichols, is a road racing cyclist.[2]
Career
[edit]At the 1984 Summer Olympics, in Los Angeles, Nichols was a member of the gold winning pursuit team. Nichols also competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and 1980 Summer Olympics.[3]
Nichols won the Goulburn to Sydney Classic in 1993.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nichols, Kevin John". It's an Honour. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
- ^ "Kate Nichols arrives home", Cycling Australia, 31 July 2005;
"Games hopeful hurt in bike-pack smash", by Jacquelin Magnay, Dylan Welch, Dan Emerson and Sunanda Creagh, The Sydney Morning Herald, 9 May 2008 - ^ "Kevin Nichols Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
- ^ "Goulburn to Sydney - Amateur and Open" (PDF). Cycling NSW. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2015.