Daryl Perkins
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| Full name | Daryl Perkins | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 April 1943 Victoria, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| (from at least 2002–) | Carnegie Caulfield Club | ||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Maillot Jaune[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Daryl Perkins (born 20 April 1943)[1] is a former Australian professional track cyclist.
Biography
Perkins was born and lives in the state of Victoria, Australia. He was a sprint, tandem and six-day rider.[3]
Perkins teamed with Ian Browne to win the tandem sprint at the Australian National Track Championships. That qualified them to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4] They were knocked out of the tandem sprint in the quarter-final by the Soviet Union and came fifth.[1]
In 1966, Perkins won the bronze medal in the 1000m sprint at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, finishing behind Roger Gibbon and Jim Booker.[5]
Perkins took over a hotel in Ararat in 2004.[6] He is also involved in Derny piloting and is a commissaire.[7]
He is the father of track cyclist Shane Perkins.[8]
During 2018 Six Days of Berlin, he flew to watch his son Shane race and was infected with Meningococcal meningitis, which can cause permanent disabilities or even death. A GoFundMe fundraising campaign organized by Six Day Series exceeded its target of 20,000 euros due to the support of the German public. He was cured after 6 weeks, then returning to Australia for further recovery. Shane Perkins was grateful for the reception and raced again in the 2019 Six Days of Berlin.[9]
References
- ^ a b c d "Daryl Perkins". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Cameron Lucadou-Wells (11 August 2008). "Riders remember a brilliant life lost". Monash Journal. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008.
- ^ "Pacer: Daryl Perkins (Australia) & rider Doug Garley (Australia) 2003".
- ^ "Australian & New Zealand Olympians: The Stories of 100 Great Champions, Graeme Atkinson". Archived from the original on 29 December 2008.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". gbrathletics.com.
- ^ Melissa Ryan (10 April 2004). "Old heroes re-create legendary stoush". Fairfax Digital.
- ^ Malcolm Sawford (29 June 2002). "Two out of two for Snozza". Cycling News.
- ^ "World Junior Track Championships". Cycling News. 29 July 2004.
- ^ "Perkins recalls how Berlin and cycling community came together for his father". Six Day Series. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.