Sid Patterson

Sydney " Sid " Patterson ( born August 12, 1927 in Melbourne, † November 28, 1999 ) was an Australian track cyclist and four -time world champion.

Even as a young Sid Patterson won numerous Australian titles in cycling. In 1948 he took part in the Olympic Games in London and finished sixth in the 1000 -meter time trial.

1949 Patterson was still an amateur, world champion in sprint and 1950 in the individual pursuit, after he had taken second place in this discipline in 1948. In 1951 he became a professional. At the World Cup in the same year he finished third in the sprint; in the following two years he was able to win the world title in each of persecution.

Starting in 1954, drove Sid Patterson - his nickname was' Mighty Patto " - mainly in Six Days. Overall, he started at 57, of which he could win 16 with different partners. As Patterson 1967 retired from active cycling, he had twelve times consecutively won an Australian title.

Patterson was the father of two children. From reverence for his six-day colleagues Rik Van Steenbergen he called his son, who was himself active as a cyclist in the 1980s, Rik Van Patterson. At the age of 72 years Sydney Patterson died of liver cancer. In his honor, the track racing Sid Patterson Grand Prix is held annually in Melbourne.

Sources and links

• Sydney Patterson in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Sydney Patterson at Sports- Reference.com (English)
• Jacq van Reijendam, 6 - daagsen statistics 2009, No. 17

1946 Gerrit Peters | 1947, 1949 Fausto Coppi | 1948 Gerrit Schulte | 1950, 1951 Antonio Bevilacqua | 1952 1953 Sydney Patterson | 1954-56 Guido Messina | 1957-59 Roger Rivière | 1960 1961 Rudi Altig | 1962 Henk Nijdam | 1963 1965, 1966 Leandro Faggin | 1964, 1969 Ferdi Bracke | 1967 Tiemen Groen | 1968, 1970, 1972, 1973 Hugh Porter | 1971 Dirk Baert | 1974, 1975 Roy Schuiten | 1976 Francesco Moser | 1977, 1978 Gregor Brown | 1979 Bert Oosterbosch | 1980 1986 Tony Doyle | 1981, 1982 Alain Bondue | 1983 Steele Bishop | 1984, 1985, 1987 Hans -Henrik Ørsted | 1988 Lech Piasecki | 1989 Colin Sturgess | 1990 Watschislaw Ekimow | 1991 Francis Moreau | 1992 Mike McCarthy | 1993, 1995 Graeme Obree | 1994, 1996 Chris Boardman | 1997, 1998 Philippe Ermenault | 1999, 2005, 2006 Robert Bartko | 2000 Jens Lehmann | 2001 Oleksandr Symonenko | 2002 Bradley McGee | 2003, 2007, 2008 Bradley Wiggins | 2004 Sergi Escobar | 2009, 2010 Taylor Phinney | 2011 Jack Bobridge | 2012, 2013 Michael Hepburn | 2014 Alexander Edmondson

1946 Roger Rioland | 1947 Arnaldo Benfenati | 1948, 1953 Guido Messina | 1949 Knud E. Andersen | 1950 Sydney Patterson | 1951 Mino De Rossi | 1952 Piet van Heusden | 1954 Leandro Faggin | 1955, 1958 Norman Sheil | 1957 Carlo Simonigh | 1959 Rudi Altig | 1960 Marcel Delattre | 1961 Henk Nijdam | 1962 Kaj E. Jensen | 1963 Jean Walschaerts | 1964-66 Tiemen Groen | 1967 Gert Bongers | 1968 Mogens Frey | 1969, 1970 Xavier Kurmann | 1971 Martín Emilio Rodríguez | 1973 Knut Knudsen | 1974 Hans Lutz | 1975 Thomas Huschke | 1977 Norbert Dürpisch | 1978, 1981, 1982 Detlef Macha | 1979 Nikolai Makarov | 1983 Victor Kupowets | 1985, 1986, 1989 Vyacheslav Ekimov | 1987 Gintautas UMARAS | 1990 Eugeni Berzin | 1991 Jens Lehmann

Then the separation between professionals and amateurs has been lifted, more results see World Champion in the One - tracking. From 1976, the competition did not take place in Olympic years.

1893 Arthur A. Zimmerman | August 1894 Teaching | 1895 Jaap Eden | 1896 Harry Reynolds | 1897 Edwin Schrader | 1898 Paul Albert | 1899 Thomas Summersgill | 1900 Alphonse Didier- Nauts | 1901 Émile Maitrot | 1902 Charles Piard | 1903 Arthur L. Reed | 1904 Marcus Hurley | 1905 Jimmy S. Benyon | 1906 Francesco Verri | 1907 Jean Devoissoux | 1908 Victor Johnson | 1909, 1910, 1911, 1913 William Bailey | 1912 Donald McDougall | 1914-1919 not held | 1920 Maurice Peeters | 1921 Henry Brask Andersen | 1922 Thomas Johnson | 1923, 1924 Lucien Michard | 1925 Jaap Meijer | 1926 Avanti Martinetti | 1927 Mathias Angel | 1928 Willy Falck Hansen | 1929 Antoine Mazairac | 1930 Louis Gérardin | 1931 Helge Harder | 1932 Albert Richter | 1933 Jacobus van Egmond | 1934 Benedetto Pola | 1935 Toni memorizing | 1936 Arie van Vliet | 1937, 1938 Jef van de Vijver | 1939 January Derksen | 1940-1945 not held | 1946 Oscar Plattner; | 1947 Reginald Harris | 1948 Mario Ghella | 1949 Sydney Patterson | 1950 Maurice Verdeun | 1951, 1952 Enzo Sacchi | 1953 Marino Morettini | 1954 Cyril Peacock | 1955 Giuseppe Ogna | 1956, 1957 Michel Rousseau | 1958 1959 Valentino Gasparella | 1960 Gaiardoni Sante | 1961 1962 Sergio Bianchetto | 1963 Patrick Sercu | 1964 Pierre Trentin | 1965 Omar Pchakadse | 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1975 Daniel Morelon | 1968 Luigi Borghetti | 1972 not held | 1974 1978 Anton Tkáč | 1976 not held | 1977 Jürgen Geschke | 1979, 1983, 1985, 1987 Lutz Heßlich | 1980 not held | 1981, 1982 Sergei Kopylov | 1984 not held | 1986 Michael Huebner | 1988 not held | 1989, 1990 Bill Huck | 1991 Jens Fiedler

( then the separation between amateurs and professionals More results at World Sprint Champion has been canceled.)

1909, 1913 Alfred Goullet | 1963 Sydney Patterson | 1966 Jim Cross | 1975, 1976 John Nicholson | 2000, 2002, 2004 Sean Eadie | 2001, 2005 Jobie Dajka | 2003, 2007, Ryan Bayley | 2006 Ben Kersten | 2008 Mark French | 2009 2011 Shane Perkins | 2010 Daniel Ellis | 2012 Alex Bird | 2013 Mitchell bulls | 2014 Matthew Glaetzer

The results are incomplete.

• Cyclists ( Australia)
• Olympian (Australia)
• World Cup ( cycling )
• Australian champion ( cycling )
• Track cyclists
• Australian
• Born 1927
• Died in 1999
• Man