Peter Brotherton (born 4 February 1931) in Boston,

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, is a former British

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. He competed in UK cycling

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, road races and

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events. Following success, Brotherton was selected to represent

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at the

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. After competing at the 1956 Olympic Games held in

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, along with his wife, they both decided to emigrate, and settled in Melbourne. He continued to compete, in track cycling carnival events, and in 1957, he won the Bendigo Golden Mile wheelrace, beating

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into second place. The following season (1958) he teamed up with

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to win the

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6 Day track cycling event. A change of partner (Don Burgess) and the

Milk 6 Day ended in a 3rd place finish. After retiring from cycle racing, Brotherton began building road and track cycle frames, using the brand name "Petrus".

Cycling results

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brotherton, Peter 1931 births Living people British male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Great Britain Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics People from Boston, Lincolnshire Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Cyclists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games 20th-century British people Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games