Harry Ryan

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ridername = Harry Ryan


fullname = Harry Edgar Ryan
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dateofbirth = birth date|1893|11|21
dateofdeath = death date and age|1961|4|14|1893|11|21
country = ENG
GBR
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discipline = Track
role = Rider
ridertype = Tandem & Sprinter
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updated = 17 December 2007

Harry Edgar Ryan (November 21, 1893 St Pancras, London [England & Wales Birth Index, Jan/Mar quarter 1894, Harry Edgar Ryan, Pancras registration district, volume 1b, page 1] [1901 Census - 312 Euston Road, St Pancras, London, RG 13/130, page 4 & 5 of 62] – April 14, 1961, Ealing [England & Wales Death Index, Apr/May quarter 1961, Harry E. Ryan, aged 67, Ealing registration district, volume 5e, page 159] ) was a British track cycling racer. Ryan came second in the world amateur sprint championship in 1913. [cite web|url=http://sports123.com/tcy/mw-spra.html|title=Track Cycling World Championships - Men: Sprint|publisher=Sports123.com] , 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.

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

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External links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=RYANHAR0101 Profile at databaseolympics.com]