Reg Barnett
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 15 October 1945 Eltham, London, England |
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Amateur team | |
| Old Kent CC De Laune CC, London | |
Reginald Albert Barnett (born 15 October 1945) is a British retired cyclist who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1].
Biography
[edit]Barnett grew up in South London and began cycling as a teenager.[2] He represented the England team[3] in the 1,000 metres match sprint, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[4][5][6]
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, he competed in the sprint event.[7]
He was the national sprint champion on six occasions in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973.[8]
In 2026, he published a memoir, Thin Glass and Thin Ice, which covered his track racing career, his later switch to road racing, taking performance-enhancing drugs, periods of depression, heavy drinking and taking cocaine.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Reg Barnett Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
- 1 2 Samuel, Jadzia (30 April 2026). "'I felt relief when I lost out on Olympic medal'". BBC News. Retrieved 2 May 2026.
- ↑ "Midland cyclists in Games team". Birmingham Daily Post. 19 May 1966. p. 28. Retrieved 11 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ↑ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
- ↑ "National Championship, Track, Sprint, Elite, Great Britain". Retrieved 8 December 2018.
External links
[edit]- Reg Barnett at ProCyclingStats
- Reg Barnett at Olympedia
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