Edward James Dawkins (born 11 July 1989) is a New Zealand

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 ...

. At the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, ...

he won the silver medal in the men's sprint and the bronze medal in the men's 1 kilometre time trial. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won the bronze medal in the men's sprint, and was part of the New Zealand time that won the gold medal in the team sprint, with Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster. The team sprint team set two Commonwealth Games records along the way. At the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

, he won alongside Sam Webster and

Ethan Mitchell Ethan Mitchell (born 19 February 1991) is a former New Zealand track cyclist. He is a multiple-time World Champion, an Olympic medallist, and Commonwealth Champion. Career Mitchell has had a successful career in track sprinting after specia ...

a silver medal in the

team sprint The team sprint (also sometimes known as the Olympic sprint) is a track cycling event. Despite its name, it is not a conventional cycling sprint event – it is a three-rider team time trial held over three laps of a velodrome. The current men's ...

, but did not go beyond the round 1 repechage in the individual sprint. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Dawkins won gold in the

event alongside

and Sam Webster. He had previously competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Dawkins retired from professional cycling in 2020, and took up the sport of

powerlifting Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effo ...

. In 2022, he was selected to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships in Auckland.Oppert, J.,
Champion cyclist Dawkins trades in pedal for powerlifting metal
" ''Television New Zealand OneNews'', 30 September 2022. Retrieved 3 December 2022.

Major results

;2017 :1st Team Sprint, UCI World Track Championships :1st Sprinters Omnium, Six Day London

References

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