Allen Stonex
Allen Walter Stonex (20 April 1917 – 20 February 1983) was a New Zealand racing cyclist who represented his country at the 1948 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and the 1950 British Empire Games.
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Birth name | Allen Walter Stonex |
Born | 20 April 1917 |
Died | 20 February 1983 65) Auckland, New Zealand | (aged
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Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Track cycling |
Considered unlikely by some not to be included in the New Zealand team for the 1948 Summer Olympics,[1] Stonex competed in the amateur men's sprint at that year's world cycling championships in Amsterdam, losing to Argentinian Clodomiro Cortoni in his heat.[2] He went on to represent New Zealand in the men's sprint at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland.[3] In his heat, he lost to the eventual gold medallist, Russell Mockridge from Australia, but progressed to the quarterfinals via the repechages.[3] In the quarterfinals, he lost 0–2 to Australian Sid Patterson.[3]
Stonex lived at Murrays Bay on Auckland's North Shore.[4] He died on 20 February 1983.[5]
References
- "Stonex for World Cycling Champs". Northern Advocate. 7 May 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- "Stonex second in world champ. heat". Northern Advocate. 28 August 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- "Two N.Z. stars in semi-finals of 1000m. sprint". Gisborne Herald. 8 February 1950. p. 8. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- "Cycling". New Zealand Herald. 21 November 1984. p. 8.
- "Record for Allen Walter Stonex". Auckland Council. Retrieved 15 May 2020.