Glen Thomson

New Zealand cyclist

Glen Thomson
Personal information
Born (1973-07-12) 12 July 1973 (age 50)
Medal record
Men's Track cycling
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Points race
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Victoria Team pursuit

Glen Thomson (born 12 July 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand racing cyclist.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the men's points race, previously at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada he won a bronze medal as part of the men's team pursuit riding alongside Brendon Cameron, Julian Dean and Lee Vertongen.[2] In 2000 he began racing on the professional cycling circuit, winning the 176km New Zealand National Road Championship. [3] From 2005 to 2019 he ran the Cycle Surgery franchise in Invercargill, New Zealand and in February 2019 joined Cycling Southland[4] in Invercargill as development and events co-ordinator.[5] In 2020 Thomson was accepted to the Academy Southland Performance Coach Programme.[6]

References

  1. ^ sports-reference.com - Glen Thomson Archived 13 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "All results | ProCyclingStats".
  4. ^ "Club Officials".
  5. ^ "Thomson joins Cycling Southland". 7 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Academy Southland Coach Performance Programme 2020 Intake". 12 May 2020.
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