Lewis Arthur Wyld (15 July 1905 – 16 February 1974) was a British

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 ...

who was born in

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, he won a bronze medal at the

1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...

. On 5 August 1928 in

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, Lew Wyld, along with

Frank Southall William Frank Southall (2 July 1904 – 1 March 1964) was an English racing cyclist who won silver medals for Great Britain in the individual road bicycle racing, road race (run as an individual time trial) at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a ...

Percy Wyld Percy Wyld (7 June 1907 – 3 November 1972) was a British track cyclist, born in Nottinghamshire, who won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics. On 5 August 1928 in Amsterdam, with Frank Southall, Harry Wyld Frederick Henry "Harry" ...

and

Harry Wyld Frederick Henry "Harry" Wyld (born 5 June 1900, Mansfield, England, died Derby, England, 5 April 1976) was a British track cyclist. He won bronze medals at the 1924 and the 1928 Summer Olympics. On 5 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Harry Wyld, with F ...

, broke the Team Pursuit Olympic Record in a time of 5:01.6, beating the previous record by 9.2 seconds. They were only the third team to hold the record since it first began on 10 August 1920, it was broken by 10.2 seconds the next day before standing for nearly 8 years.Olympic.org Records, Cycling - Track
/ref> It is likely the record was broken in the quarter or semi-final round, as they only won a bronze medal, and as they would have proceeded to the finals had the record been broken in the qualifying rounds.

References

1905 births 1974 deaths English male cyclists Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1928 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from the London Borough of Lambeth Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics {{England-cycling-bio-stub