Mark Rendell (born 6 June 1969) is a cyclist from

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

Career

In 1993 during the third stage at the

Milk race The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

Rendall was in a breakaway which made it to the finish line where he was beaten by

Matt Postle Matthew Postle (born 1970) is a Welsh racing cyclist, from Newport, Wales. He won stage 3 of the Milk Race in 1993, he also held the King of the Mountains jersey in the Tour of Malaysia for 6 days in 1997. He represented Wales at the 1990, 1994 ...

by a slim margin of two seconds. At the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

at Victoria he won a gold medal in the road race and a bronze medal in the

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. Until the

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Rendall was the last kiwi to earn a gold medal in road cycling at the games. As a former student of

Rotorua Boys' High School Rotorua Boys' High School is a state school educating boys from Year 9 to Year 13. It is situated just outside the Rotorua, Rotorua CBD at the intersection of Old Taupo Road and Pukuatua Street in Rotorua, New Zealand. History Rotorua Boys' High ...

after Rendall won his gold medal he was inducted into the Rotorua Boys' hall of fame.

Major results

Sources ;1994 : 1st Gold medal blank

Commonwealth Games road race : 1st Stage 10 Colonial Classic ;1996 : 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rendell, Mark Living people Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Cyclists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games New Zealand male cyclists Place of birth missing (living people) Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling 20th-century New Zealand people 1969 births Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School