Glen Thomson

Glen Thomson (born 12 July 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand racing cyclist.[1] He won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the men's points race, previously at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada he won a bronze medal as part of the men's team pursuit riding alongside Brendon Cameron, Julian Dean and Lee Vertongen.[2] In 2000 he began racing on the professional cycling circuit, winning the 176km New Zealand National Road Championship. [3] From 2005-2019 he ran the Cycle Surgery franchise in Invercargill, New Zealand and in February 2019 joined Cycling Southland[4] in Invercargill as development and events co-ordinator.[5] In 2020 Thomson was accepted to the Academy Southland Performance Coach Programme.[6]

Glen Thomson
Personal information
Born (1973-07-12) 12 July 1973
Medal record
Men's Track cycling
Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpur Points race
1994 Victoria Team pursuit

References
  1. sports-reference.com - Glen Thomson Archived 13 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website
  3. https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/glen-thomson/results
  4. https://www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/pages/club-officials/
  5. https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cycling/thomson-joins-cycling-southland
  6. https://whatsoninvers.nz/academy-southland-coach-performance-programme-2020-intake/


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