Donald "Don" J. C. Skene (born 1936, Cardiff), is a

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former

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. He represented

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at the

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on several occasions, the first time in

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in the 10 km scratch race, the kilo and the road race (100 km); again in

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in the 10 km scratch race, the kilo and the sprint; and for the final time in

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competing once again in the 10 km scratch race, the kilo and the sprint. He was the bronze medalist in the scratch race in both 1954 and 1958.Commonwealth Games Federation athlete profiles
/ref> He rode many international races representing the

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and British national teams, in

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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,

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, 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

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, in the

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Don Skene Cycles
1936 births Living people Welsh male cyclists Commonwealth Games bronze medallists 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 Sportspeople from Cardiff Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{Wales-cycling-bio-stub