Charles King (cyclist)
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Charles Thomas King (6 December 1911 – 19 July 2001) was an English cyclist. He won a bronze medal in the
1936 Berlin Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
in the 4000m team pursuit with
Ernest Mills Ernest Victor Mills (10 April 1913 – 10 October 1972), commonly known as Ernie Mills, was an English amateur cyclist who, with his teammate Bill Paul, set the British 12-hour record on a tandem in 1934 and re-established it in 1936 with ...
, Ernest Johnson and Harry Heaton Hill. He emigrated to New Zealand in the 1950s, where he remained active in the cycling scene as a custom frame builder under the marquee PRENDERO. He was also an active member of the Auckland Cycle Touring Association where he was president in the 1990s and a lifetime member.


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Charles King's profile at Sports Reference.com
1911 births 2001 deaths English male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in cycling People from Putney Sportspeople from the London Borough of Wandsworth Cyclists from Greater London Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics {{England-cycling-bio-stub