Clyde Sefton

Kevin " Clyde " Sefton ( born January 20, 1951 in South Purrumbete ) is an Australian former racing cyclist.

At age 13, Clyde Sefton won his first cycling race. In addition, he trained with weights and also denied boxing matches.

In 1972 Clyde Sefton at the Olympic Games in Munich in the road race and won the silver medal. He is still the only Australian to win an Olympic medal in road cycling. The following year he won the Scottish Milk Race, and in 1974 he won at the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch the gold medal in the road race. In 1976, Sefton a second time in the Olympic Games and took part in the individual road race 28th place in the team race and finished ninth ( with Ian Chandler, Remo and Sal Sansonetti Sansonetti ).

1977 Sefton stepped over to the professionals. Until 1983 he went mainly with Italian teams. In 1978 he was second in the Giro della Romagna, respectively, of the Herald Sun Tour and the Giro del Piemonte. In 1980 he won the Six Days of Melbourne, together with Peter Delongville; He also launched the six- day race in Dortmund. In 1981 he became an Australian Champion in the road race and won the Herald Sun Tour. He also won multiple podiums at international races and gained national race.

Today Clyde Sefton lives near his home town where he runs a farm for breeding of wild.