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.
References
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
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