Donald Christopher "Don" Burgess (born 8 February 1933) is a retired

track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...

from

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, who represented his native country at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, alongside Alan Newton,

George Newberry George Albert Newberry (6 March 1917 – 29 December 1978) was a track cyclist from Great Britain. Newberry was born in the Burton on Trent area of Staffordshire. He represented his country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland ...

, and

Ronald Stretton Ronald Charles "Ron" Stretton (13 February 1930 – 12 November 2012) was a track cyclist from Great Britain, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,0 ...

. Burgess also competed at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

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, and once again won bronze.

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* * * 1933 births Living people English track cyclists English male cyclists Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Hendon Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Greater London Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics {{England-cycling-bio-stub