John Dean (born 22 December 1947) is a New Zealand former

cyclist Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from two ...

. He competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...

and the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He won the overall sportsperson of the year award at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 1966 and was named the 1967 Road Cyclist of the Year at the annual meeting in Wellington of the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association. Dean also won the

New Zealand National Road Race Championships The New Zealand National Road Race Championship is a road bicycle race that takes place inside the New Zealand National Cycling Championship, and decides the best cyclist in this type of race. The first edition took place in 1934. The first winn ...

in 1967.

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* 1947 births Living people New Zealand male cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from New Plymouth Cyclists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand people {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub