Gordon Singleton

Canadian and world champion track cyclist (1956–2024)

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Also known as Geoffrey Gordon Singleton

Born: August 9, 1956
Died: March 23, 2024
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Birthplace: Niagara Falls
Citizenship: Canada
Occupation: sport cyclist
Height: 173 cm
Languages spoken, written or signed: English

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Gordon Singleton was a Canadian world-record holding track cyclist. In 1982, he became the first Canadian cyclist to win a world championship. He was the first, and only, cyclist in history to simultaneously hold world records in all three of track cycling's sprint races: the 200m, 500m and 1000m distances, all in a 24-hour span from October 9–10 in 1980. An Olympic racer, he was deprived of competing in the 1980 Summer Olympics at the peak of his career by Canada's boycott of those games in Moscow. He also competed and won gold medals in the 1978 Edmonton Commonwealth Games, and the 1979 Puerto Rico Pan Am Games for Canada. At the end of 1986, he was named a Companion of the Order of Canada. In his middle-age, he continued to cycle and took part in Master Series races, getting a bronze medal at the Canadian Nationals for his age group in 2014. He was inducted into the Canadian Cycling Hall of Fame in October 2015 along with some of his teammates from the 1970s and 1980s. His hometown of Niagara Falls, Ontario celebrated him many times over his life, including in 2004, as their best athlete in its first 100 years. After his cycling career was over, he took over his father's automotive parts business in Niagara Falls. In 2023, he was diagnosed with Cancer, and died from the disease in March 2024.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Gordon
Sport: track cycling
cycle sport
Participant in: 1976 Summer Olympics
Family name: Singleton
Awards: Member of the Order of Canada
Website: gordonsingleton.com language: English
Name in native language: Gordon Singleton
Manner of death: natural causes
Cause of death: prostate cancer
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1.“Canadian track star, former Olympian and world champion Gord Singleton, dies at 67”cyclingmagazine.ca/sections/news/canadian-track-star-gord-singleton-dies-at-67/
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Birth name: Geoffrey Gordon Singleton
Member of sports team: TI-Raleigh(1982–1982)
Sports discipline competed in: track cycling

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