Don Skene
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1936 (age 89–90) Cardiff, Wales |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Track & Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 1951 | Tigers Cycling Club |
| 1954 | Cardiff Byways RCC |
| Major wins | |
| British Champion | |
Medal record | |
Donald J. C. Skene (born 1936),[1] is a Welsh former racing cyclist who won consecutive bronze medals at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
[edit]Skene represented the Welsh team at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games on several occasions, the first time in 1954 in the 10 km scratch race, the kilo and the road race (100 km),[2] winning a bronze medal in the 10 miles scratch event.[3]
He represented the Welsh team again at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the 10 km scratch race, the kilo and the sprint and won another brionze medal in the 10 miles scratch race. Four years later he went to the Commonwealth Games for the final time in 1962, competing once again in the 10 km scratch race, the kilo and the sprint.[4]
He rode many international races representing the R.A.F. and British national teams, in South Africa, Guiana in South America and on the continent.
Skene began racing at the age of 15, joining the Tigers Cycling Club, and at 16 in 1952, he opened a small bicycle shop on Rumney Hill, Newport Road, Cardiff. He ran the business for 53 years before passing on control of the business to his daughter Liane and son Jon in 2005. The shop also sponsors the Team Skene cycling team. Don has since retired and now lives in Florida, in the United States.
Palmarès
[edit]| 1954 | 3rd Scratch race, British Empire and Commonwealth Games |
| 1958 | 3rd Scratch race, British Empire and Commonwealth Games |
References
[edit]- ↑ Biography, Don Skene Cycles[full citation needed] Archived 13 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "That Vancouver achievement, Where Wales gained those 7 medals with a team of 21". Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 14. Retrieved 26 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ Commonwealth Games Federation athlete profiles[full citation needed]
External links
[edit]- 1936 births
- Living people
- Welsh male cyclists
- British male cyclists
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Wales
- Commonwealth Games cyclists for Wales
- Cyclists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Cyclists from Cardiff
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in cycling
- 20th-century Welsh sportsmen