George Giles

George Giles

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George Giles, full name George Robert Bayne Giles, (21 December 191314 July 1973), was a New Zealand track and road cyclist, and one of New Zealand's leading track cyclists of the 1930s who held several national titles 1936-38.

He represented New Zealand at the 1936 Summer Olympics at Berlin and at the 1938 British Empire Games at Sydney where he won the bronze medal in the men's sprint.

He was born in Wanganui, where he worked in a cycle shop, then as a barman at a hotel. He died suddenly aged 59, leaving a wife and four sons.

Reference

* [http://www.nzoc.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?print=&id=3774&mode=results&ContactID=907 Profile on New Zealand Olympic Committee website]
*Item in "Evening Post" of 16 July 1973


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