Английская Википедия:Archie McEachern
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Archie McEachern (25 December 1873 – 13 May 1902) was a Canadian track cyclist. He was the Canadian National Champion of middle-distance races and was also the first Canadian to win the New York Madison Square Garden Six-Day Bicycle Race, in 1901.[1] In 1902 he broke the world's indoor bicycle record for 5 miles in a motor paced race.[2]
Biography
McEachern was training at the Atlantic City, NJ velodrome prior to it officially opening. During training he was being paced by a tandem motorcycle (driven by his two trainers Bobby Thompson and Alfred Boake).[3] While riding close to his pacers, McEachern was injured when the bike's drive chain broke and died shortly thereafter.[4][5]
In 1999 the Canadian Cyclist website put McEachern in 9th place on their list of Top 25 Canadian Cyclists of the Century.[4] The Journal of Sport History stated that he "was one of Canada's most famous professional cyclists" of his day.[6]
Achievements
- 1899
- 2nd Six Days of New YorkШаблон:Fact
- 1900
- 2nd Six Days of New YorkШаблон:Fact
- 1901
- 1st Six Days of New York (with Bobby Walthour[7]
See also
List of racing cyclists and pacemakers with a cycling-related death
References
