Westley Gough (born 4 May 1988,

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) is a New Zealand professional

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. In 2011 he won the New Zealand National Road Championships ITT. Gough was in the New Zealand team that beat

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for gold in the

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at the 2005 World Junior Championships in Austria. He gained a silver medal in the

individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

at the 2006 World Junior Championships, and he was part of the quartet that won the silver in the

behind Australia. He won a bronze medal in the men's team pursuit event at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China. Gough rode in the team's preliminary events, but made way for Hayden Roulston to join the team in the final. The International Olympic Committee subsequently struck an extra bronze medal for Gough to recognise his contribution to the pursuit team's success. In 2010 Westley Gough won the men's

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at the New Zealand National Track Championships. Gough represented New Zealand at the 2010 Commonwealth Games held in Delhi in India. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again won a bronze medal in the men's team pursuit. He rode for Team Budget Forklifts for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.

Major results

;2008 : 3rd Prologue Tour of Southland ;2009 : 2nd Chrono Champenois ;2010 : 2nd National Championships ITT ;2011 : 1st MaillotNuevaZelanda

National Championships ITT : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Wellington : 3rd Prologue Tour of Elk Grove ;2012 : 1st Prologue Tour des Pays de Savoie ;2013 : 3rd National Championships ITT

References

External links

Athlete bio at 2008 Olympics site
* Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics New Zealand male cyclists Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Olympic cyclists of New Zealand New Zealand track cyclists 1988 births Living people Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-Olympic-medalist-stub