- Leonard Wyld
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ridername = Leonard Wyld
fullname = Leonard Arthur Wyld
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dateofbirth = 1906
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country = ENG
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discipline = Track
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updated = March 15, 2008
medaltemplates =Leonard Arthur Wyld (born 1906 [England & Wales Birth Ref. Index - Leonard Arthur Wyld, Oct-Nov-Dec 1906, District: Lambeth, Volume: 1d, Page: 308] ] , date of death unknown) was a British track cyclist who was born in
London , he won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics. [ [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=WYLDLEO01 Profile at databaseolympics.com] ]On August 5, 1928 in
Amsterdam , Leonard Wyld, along withFrank Southall ,Percy Wyld andHarry Wyld , broke the Team Pursuit Olympic Record in a time of 5:01.6, beating the previous record by 9.2 seconds. They were only the third team to hold the record since it first began on August 10, 1920, it was broken by 10.2 seconds the next day before standing for nearly 8 years. [ [http://www.olympic.org/common/asp/download_report.asp?file=en_report_315.pdf&id=315 Olympic.org Records, Cycling - Track] ] It's likely the record was broken in the quarter or semi-final round, as they only won a bronze medal, and as they would have proceeded to the finals had the record been broken in the qualifying rounds.References
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