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Lewis Wyld
Personal information
Full nameLewis Arthur Wyld
Born15 July 1905
Tibshelf, England
Died16 February 1974(1974-02-16) (aged 68)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1928 Amsterdam Team pursuit

Lewis Arthur Wyld (15 July 1905 – 16 February 1974) was a British track cyclist who was born in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, he won a bronze medal at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

On 5 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Lew Wyld, along with Frank Southall, Percy Wyld and Harry Wyld, broke the Team Pursuit Olympic Record in a time of 5:01.6, beating the previous record by 9.2 seconds. They were only the third team to hold the record since it first began on 10 August 1920, it was broken by 10.2 seconds the next day before standing for nearly 8 years.[3] It is likely the record was broken in the quarter or semi-final round, as they only won a bronze medal, and as they would have proceeded to the finals had the record been broken in the qualifying rounds.

References

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  1. ^ "Lew Wyld Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  2. ^ Profile at databaseolympics.com Archived 13 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Olympic.org Records, Cycling - Track