Dick Johnstone

New Zealand cyclist (1936–2022)

Dick Johnstone
Personal information
Full nameRichard Davis Johnstone
Born(1936-06-23)23 June 1936
Invercargill, New Zealand
Died18 November 2022(2022-11-18) (aged 86)
Auckland, New Zealand
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Major wins
1957 New Zealand Road Cycling Champion, 1960 Inaugural Dulux 6 day Race Winner, 1963 Tour of Southland Winner, Tour of Waikato Winner. 1987 Alwyn Moon Memorial Award.

Richard Davis Johnstone (23 June 1936 – 18 November 2022) was a New Zealand track and road cyclist who participated in the 1964 Summer Olympic games, the 1958 and 1962 Commonwealth Games.[1]

Johnstone went as an official to two Commonwealth Games, 1986 Edinburgh, Scotland and 1994 Victoria, Canada. He was elected as an official of the boycotted 1980 Moscow Olympic Games.

Johnstone was a New Zealand National Track cycling coach (1976–1994) and coached the winning team Tour of the Future (1992) in Arizona, United States. He was a New Zealand Cycling Selector.

Johnstone died in Auckland on 18 November 2022, at the age of 86.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sports-reference.com Bio". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2009.
  2. ^ Dick Johnstone

External links

  • Dick Johnstone at Cycling ArchivesEdit on Wikidata
  • Dick Johnstone at ProCyclingStatsEdit on Wikidata
  • Dick Johnstone at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
  • Dick Johnstone at the New Zealand Olympic CommitteeEdit on Wikidata
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1935–1939
  • Frank Grose (1935)
  • Ronald Triner (1936)
  • Graham Hughes (1937)
  • John Brown (1938)
  • Charles Hanson (1939)
1940–1959
  • Nick Carter (1945–1947)
  • Mick Mobberley (1948)
  • Nick Carter (1949)
  • Ted Lambert (1950)
  • A. Sweeney (1951)
  • Lance Payne (1952)
  • Neil Geraghty (1953)
  • Lance Payne (1954)
  • Geoff Lankow (1955)
  • L. Parris (1956)
  • Dick Johnstone (1957)
  • Lance Payne (1958)
  • A. Ganderton (1959)
1960–1979
1980–1999
  • Roger Sumich (1980)
  • Jack Swart (1981)
  • Stephen Cox (1982)
  • Eric O'Brien (1983)
  • Jack Swart (1984)
  • Craig Griffin (1985)
  • Bruce Storrie (1986)
  • Graeme Miller (1987)
  • Brian Fowler (1988–1989)
  • Craig Connell (1990)
  • Chris Nicholson (1991)
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  • Darren Rush (1993)
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1958 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team
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1962 New Zealand British Empire and Commonwealth Games team
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Team manager: Colin Kay
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1964 New Zealand Olympic team
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Wrestling
Chef de Mission: William Stevenson


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