Daryl Perkins

Daryl Perkins
Personal information
Full name Daryl Perkins
Born (1943-04-20) 20 April 1943
Victoria, Australia
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)[1]
Team information
Discipline Track
Role Rider
Rider type Sprint
Amateur team(s)
(from at least 2002–) Carnegie Caulfield Club
2008 Maillot Jaune[2]
Infobox last updated on
24 January 2009

Daryl Perkins (born 20 April 1943)[1] is a former Australian professional track cyclist.

Biography

Perkins was born and lives in the state of Victoria, Australia. He was a sprint, tandem and six-day rider.[3]

Perkins teamed with Ian Browne to win the tandem sprint at the Australian National Track Championships. That qualified them to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4] They were knocked out of the tandem sprint in the quarter final by the Soviet Union and came fifth.[1]

In 1966, Perkins won the bronze medal in the 1000m sprint at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, finishing behind Roger Gibbon and Jim Booker.[5]

Perkins took over a hotel in Ararat in 2004.[6] He is also involved in Derny piloting and is a commissaire.[7]

He is the father of track cyclist Shane Perkins.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Daryl Perkins". Sports Reference.
  2. ↑ Cameron Lucadou-Wells (2008-08-11). "Riders remember a brilliant life lost". Monash Journal.
  3. ↑ "Pacer: Daryl Perkins (Australia) & rider Doug Garley (Australia) 2003".
  4. ↑ "Australian & New Zealand Olympians: The Stories of 100 Great Champions, Graeme Atkinson".
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". gbrathletics.com.
  6. ↑ Melissa Ryan (2004-04-10). "Old heroes re-create legendary stoush". Fairfax Digital.
  7. ↑ Malcolm Sawford (2002-06-29). "Two out of two for Snozza". Cycling News.
  8. ↑ "World Junior Track Championships". Cycling News. 2004-07-29.
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