Richard Elsdon Johnston (2 January 1931 – 18 July 2001) was an Olympic

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 ...

from

Dannevirke Dannevirke ( "Earthworks (archaeology), work of the Danes", a reference to Danevirke; mi, Taniwaka, lit= or ''Tāmaki-nui-a-Rua'', the area where the town is), is a rural service town in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of the North Island, New ...

, New Zealand, who participated in the

1956 Summer Olympic games The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

. He competed in the 2 kilometre tandem event with his brother

Warren Johnston Warren Johnston (born 23 December 1935) is a former racing cyclist from New Zealand. He won the silver medal in the men's 10 mile scratch race at both the 1958 and 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. He also competed in the men's sprin ...

, and was the flag-bearer for New Zealand.

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* 1931 births 2001 deaths Cyclists at the 1956 Summer Olympics New Zealand male cyclists Olympic cyclists for New Zealand Sportspeople from Dannevirke 20th-century New Zealand people {{NewZealand-cycling-bio-stub