Nick Carter (cyclist)
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| Full name | Thomas Russell Carter | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1924 Nelson, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 23 November 2003 (aged 79) | ||||||||||||||
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Thomas Russell "Nick" Carter (5 September 1924 – 23 November 2003) was a racing cyclist from Nelson, New Zealand, who won a silver medal in the men's road race at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.[1] He also competed in the road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[2]
Carter was educated at Nelson College from 1937 to 1939.[3] He died in 2003 and his ashes were buried in Marsden Valley Cemetery, Stoke.[4]
Major results
[edit]Source:[5]
- 1945
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1946
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1947
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1949
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1950
- 2nd
Road race, British Empire Games
References
[edit]- ^ "Nick Carter". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Nick Cater". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2017.
- ^ "Full school list of Nelson College, 1856–2005". Nelson College Old Boys' Register, 1856–2006 (CD-ROM) (6th ed.). 2006.
- ^ "Cemeteries database". Nelson City Council. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Nick Carter". Procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
External links
[edit]- Nick Carter at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Nick Carter at ProCyclingStats
- Nick Carter at Olympedia
- Nick Carter at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
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