Harry Ryan
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Harry Edgar Ryan was a British
track cycling racer
. Ryan came second in the world amateur sprint championship in 1913., he also competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
and won the gold medal in the tandem competition together with his partner Thomas Lance
as well as the bronze medal in the sprint.
Ryan lived at 312 Euston Road, St Pancras
, London during the 1901 census. His father was a cutler
and toolmaker and a shopkeeper.
Great Britain
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track cycling racer
Track cycling
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....
. Ryan came second in the world amateur sprint championship in 1913., he also competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics
1920 Summer Olympics
The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....
and won the gold medal in the tandem competition together with his partner Thomas Lance
Thomas Lance
Thomas "Tommy" Glasson Lance was a British track cycling racer who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics....
as well as the bronze medal in the sprint.
Ryan lived at 312 Euston Road, St Pancras
St Pancras, London
St Pancras is an area of London. For many centuries the name has been used for various officially-designated areas, but now is used informally and rarely having been largely superseded by several other names for overlapping districts.-Ancient parish:...
, London during the 1901 census. His father was a cutler
Cutler
A cutler is a maker of cutlery.Cutler may also refer to:-Places in the United States:*Cutler, California, a town*Cutler, Florida, now part of the Village of Palmetto Bay*Cutler Bay, Florida, formerly known as Cutler Ridge*Cutler, Illinois...
and toolmaker and a shopkeeper.