Leonard Bruce Kent (23 October 1928 – 9 May 1979) was a New Zealand
cyclist
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who represented his country at the
1956 Olympic Games in
Melbourne
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.
Cycling
Kent competed in the
team pursuit
The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome.
Race format
Both men's and women's events are competed over ...
event at the 1956 Summer Olympics, with teammates
Warwick Dalton,
Neil Ritchie
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and
Donald Eagle. They finished tied for fifth place, after winning their first-round contest but losing in the quarter-finals.
He was a life member of the Manukau Cycling Club and Auckland Amateur Cycling Centre.
Later life
Kent worked as a freelance reporter and photographer, writing on several sports, and often contributing to ''
The New Zealand Herald
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'' and ''
Auckland Star'' newspapers.
He was the official photographer at
Western Springs speedway, and was the press officer for the Auckland Cycling Centre for a number of years.
Death
He was accidentally killed at
Waitangi on 9 May 1979. While he and two other men were hauling their three-metre yacht out of the water, the yacht's mast touched a high-voltage power line and were electrocuted.
Kent's brother-in-law, Trevor Hamilton, was also killed in the incident.
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1928 births
1979 deaths
New Zealand male cyclists
Olympic cyclists of New Zealand
Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Auckland
New Zealand photojournalists
New Zealand sportswriters
Accidental deaths in New Zealand
Accidental deaths by electrocution
20th-century New Zealand people
Photographers from Auckland