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Full name | Gary John Anderson |
Born | (1967-09-18) 18 September 1967 (age 54) London, England |
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Gary John Anderson MBE (born 18 September 1967) is a former track and road cyclist from New Zealand who won an Olympic bronze medal and three Commonwealth Games gold medals.[1]
Anderson attended four Olympics. He finished third in the 4000m pursuit at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, and achieved the following placings at his other games:
Anderson won eight medals at the Commonwealth Games, including three golds at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
In the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours, Anderson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to cycling.[2] He was also awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.[3]
Anderson raced with a heart defect which could make his heart race under stress. He was in top form prior to the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur but was injured in a crash and instead commentated for Television New Zealand. After returning for his final Games in Sydney he turned to coaching and managing.