Thomas Glasson Lance (14 June 1891 – 29 February 1976) was a
British
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track cycling racer.
He won the tandem competition with
Harry Ryan at the
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...
. He also competed in the
sprint event but was eliminated in the
repechage
Repechage (; french: repêchage, "fishing out, rescuing") is a practice in series competitions that allows participants who failed to meet qualifying standards by a small margin to continue to the next round. A well known example is the wild car ...
.
Shortly before the Olympics, in June 1920, Ryan and Lance set a British quarter-mile record. After retiring from cycling Lance worked as a
bookmaker
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History
The first bookmaker, Ogden, stood at Newmarket in 1795.
Range of events
Bookma ...
in
Brighton
Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London.
Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ...
.
References
External links
Profile at databaseolympics.com
1891 births
1976 deaths
English male cyclists
English track cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Great Britain
Cyclists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
English Olympic medallists
Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in cycling
Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Paddington
Cyclists from Greater London
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