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English cyclist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alan Bannister MBE (3 November 1922 – 18 May 2007) was an English cyclist.
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Born | Manchester, England | 3 November 1922||||||||||||||
Died | 18 May 2007 84)[1] | (aged||||||||||||||
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He was born in Manchester and won a silver medal, representing Great Britain, in the tandem event at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, together with Reg Harris.[2] He also competed in the same event at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Bannister was a three times British track champion, winning the British National Individual Sprint Championships in 1948, 1949 and 1950.[3]
He was awarded an MBE. He had two sons Mark and Paul.
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