John Patrick Woodcock (1903 – 16 January 1965) was an Irish

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

and Olympic competitor. Woodcock joined the Harp Cycling Club in 1918, and dominated Irish cycling in the years 1923–33. He was the Irish record holder in the 25 miles, 50 miles and 100 kilometres road races, and represented Ireland in the

1928 Olympic Games 1928 Olympics may refer to: *The 1928 Winter Olympics, which were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland *The 1928 Summer Olympics, which were held in Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most po ...

. He took part in the cycling event at the 1928 and 1932 Tailteann Games, winning the latter to take the Queen Tailte statuette. He was one of two Irish representatives at the 1931 World Championships. Woodcock was a founding member of the

National Cycling Association The National Athletic and Cycling Association (NACA or N.A. and C.A.), from 1990 the National Athletic and Cycling Association of Ireland (NACAI or NACA(I)) was a federation of sports clubs in the island of Ireland practising athletics or bicycl ...

in 1938, and was a life vice-president of the Harp Cycling Club. An annual race for the Jack Woodcock Memorial trophy was begun in 1966 and continued until at least 1990. Woodcock was a member of the Old IRA. He was married with a son and three daughters.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Woodcock, John 1903 births 1965 deaths Irish male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Ireland Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing