Brian Andrew Fowler (born 13 September 1962) is a retired

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who represented New Zealand at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in

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. In 1983, he rode Paris–Nice finishing 43rd. He won six medals (one gold, four silvers, one bronze) at four consecutive

Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ...

. Fowler's finest hour came when he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Fowler won the Tour of Southland a record eight times. He also holds the record for number of wins in the Tour of Wellington, with four consecutive successes. In February 2021, suffered a series of

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requiring extensive hospitalization.

Major results

Source: ;1982 : 2nd Silver medal blank

1982 Commonwealth Games Team Pursuit ;1985 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland : 1st Overall Dulux Tour of the North Island ;1986 : 2nd Silver medal blank

1986 Commonwealth Games Road race : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland : 1st Manx International GP ;1987 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland : 2nd National Road Race Championships ;1988 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Road Race Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland : 2nd Overall

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;1989 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Road Race Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Wellington ;1990 : 1st Gold medal blank

1990 Commonwealth Games Team Time Trial : 2nd Silver medal blank

1990 Commonwealth Games Road race : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Wellington : 1st Overall Examiner Tour of the North ;1991 : 1st Overall

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: 1st

Overall Tour of Wellington ;1992 : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Wellington ;1994 : 2nd Silver medal blank

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games (French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling ...

Road race : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Team Time Trial : 1st Overall

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: 2nd National Road Race Championships ; 1995 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Time Trial Championships : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall Tour of Southland ;1996 : 2nd National Time Trial Championships ;1997 : 2nd National Road Race Championships ;2002 : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Southland ;2004 : 3rd Main Divide Cycle Race ;2005 : 1st Le Race : 2nd Main Divide Cycle Race

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* 1962 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Cyclists from Christchurch Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling New Zealand track cyclists 20th-century New Zealand people 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub