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Harry Wyld

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Harry Wyld
Personal information
Full nameFrederick Henry Wyld
Born(1900-06-05)5 June 1900
Mansfield, England
Died5 April 1976(1976-04-05) (aged 75)
Derby, England
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris 50 km race
Bronze medal – third place 1928 Amsterdam Team pursuit

Frederick Henry "Harry" Wyld (born 5 June 1900, Mansfield, England,[1][2][3] died Derby, England,[1] 5 April 1976) was a British track cyclist. He won bronze medals at the 1924 and the 1928 Summer Olympics.[4]

On 5 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Harry Wyld, with Frank Southall, Percy Wyld and his brother Leonard Wyld, broke the Olympic team pursuit record by 9.2 seconds, in 5:01.6. They were the third team to hold the record since it began on 10 August 1920. It was broken by 10.2 seconds next day before standing for nearly eight years.[5] It is likely the record was broken in the quarter or semi-final as they won a bronze medal; they would have proceeded to the final had the record been broken in qualifying rounds.[citation needed][discuss]

References

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  1. ^ a b Harry Wyld at Sports Reference
  2. ^ Profile at databaseolympics.com
  3. ^ England & Wales Birth Ref. Index Frederick Henry Wyld, Jul-Aug-Sep 1900, District: Mansfield, Volume: 7b, Page: 79
  4. ^ "Harry Wyld". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  5. ^ Olympic.org Records, Cycling - Track