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Historic Overview Reginald Arnold

Rider

Overall Rank8991
NameReginald ARNOLD
Country
  Australia
Date of birth09-Oct-1924 - Murwillumbah (New South Wales)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Reginald Athelstane Arnold (9 October 1924 – 23 July 2017) was an Australian racing cyclist.

Arnold's cycling career began in 1941, when his brothers gave him a bicycle for his birthday. Despite being blind in one eye, Arnold joined Ashfield cycling club in Sydney where he made a name for himself as a capable track sprinter, winning several state titles.

After World War II, Arnold competed on the European cycling circuit, and won numerous road and track races there as well as in America and Australia between 1946 and 1963. In 1952 and 1957, he was a member of the team which won the European madison championships (the de facto world title). He specialised in six-day racing and competed in 103 six-day events around the world.

In 2000, Arnold was awarded the Australian Sports Medal (ASM) for being part of the world number one team for day cycle races for a number of years. In the 2012 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for services to cycling.

Arnold died on 23 July 2017, aged 92, in Nerang, Queensland.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

4

Major Victories

Sydney - Melbourne - stages 1954 (1)
Sun Tour - stages 1953 (1), 1954 (2)
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Seasons

Reginald Arnold - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1946 Individual 2 939
2. 1947 Individual 4 1023
3. 1949 Individual 4 1209
4. 1951 Terrot - Wolber - Hutchinson 0 1450
5. 1952 Raleigh 0 1484
6. 1953 Individual 45 521
7. 1954 Individual 172 247
8. 1955 Rudge Whitworth 0 1511
9. 1956 Rudge Whitworth 0 1476
10. 1957 Carpano - Coppi 0 1379
11. 1958 Van Eenaeme - Coppi 8 997
12. 1959 Plume - Vainqueur 0 1429
13. 1960 Individual 2 1161
14. 1961 Ignis 0 1495
15. 1962 Ignis - Moschettieri 0 1424
16. 1963 Ignis 0 1453
Overall: 237 8991