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	Russell Mockridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Russell Mockridge (born July 18, 1928 – died September 13, 1958) was a racing cyclist from Geelong, Victoria, Australia whose life was tragically ended during a race, in a collision with a bus in 1958.
		Mockridge teamed with Sid Patterson and Roger Arnold to win the Paris 6-Day Race in 1955, defeating the French favourites.
		Later that year Mockridge was one of the 60 riders out of 150 entrants to cross the line in Paris of the 1955 Tour de France.
	www.stupidproxy.com /index.php?q=aHR0cDovL2VuLndpa2lwZWRpYS5vcmcvd2lraS9SdXNzZWxsX01vY2tyaWRnZQ== (496 words)

	Australian Olympic Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Russell Mockridge was rated as Australia’s finest cyclist ever, but his career path was hardly conventional.
		He was in turn a cadet journalist, a university student and a candidate for the Anglican ministry, and abandoned each pursuit for cycling.
		What separated Mockridge from other cyclists was his mastery of all disciplines of the sport.
	www.olympics.com.au /athletes.cfm?AthleteID=4467 (281 words)

	Heinemann Atlas background page
		Russell Mockridge, another member of the cycling team, arrived in Helsinki with a tandem bicycle.
		Mockridge was also entered in the 1000 metre sprint but, at the last minute, Lionel and Mockridge swapped events and Lionel rode in the sprint and Mockridge rode in the time trial.
		In the quarter final of the tandem event, Mockridge, who was short-sighted, mistook the starting line for the finishing line and stopped pedalling before the race was over.
	www.hi.com.au /atlas/atlas3/updates/bg.asp?subtopicid=2674 (228 words)

	Mockridge, Edward Russell (1928 - 1958) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		MOCKRIDGE, EDWARD RUSSELL (1928-1958), cyclist, was born on 18 July 1928 in South Melbourne, second son of Victorian-born parents Robert Glover Mockridge, engineer, and his wife Aileen Claire, née Riley.
		Mockridge's place in the team for the 1952 Helsinki Olympics appeared certain until the Australian Olympic Federation required athletes to sign a £750 fidelity bond to remain amateur for two years after the Games.
		In Helsinki Mockridge won a gold medal in the 1000-metre time trial and another on the same day—paired for the first time with Lionel Cox—in the 2000-metre tandem.
	www.adb.online.anu.edu.au /biogs/A150448b.htm (729 words)

	How it feels to be hit by a bus - National - www.theage.com.au
		I was riding beside Russell Mockridge, one of Australia's greatest cyclists.
		Both Irene Mockridge and I sued for damages, but the jury found that we were 75 per cent to blame and so consequently whatever the settlement was, which I've forgotten now, we got 25 per cent of it.
		Russell and I had organised a trip to Europe the following year and we were going to Paris to race, but of course it never eventuated.
	www.theage.com.au /news/National/How-it-feels-to-be-hit-by-a-bus/2005/01/18/1105810893181.html (835 words)

	Russell Mockridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Russell Mockridge was born in Melbourne and began his cycling career in Geelong.
		He won two Olympic gold medals in cycling at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
		Lionel Cox also won a silver medal in the 1000m sprint.
	www.leopold.vic.edu.au /olympics/russell_mockridge.htm (68 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
		Born in Melbourne in 1928, Russell Mockridge did not fit the standard background of Australian cyclists; a sport at the time which was considered more of a working class religion than anything else.
		Mockridge's domination of Australian road cycling at the time had resulted in the Sun Tour being run as a handicap race; the first and only time this has happened in the 50 year history of this important race.
		The Mockridge legend remains powerful in the Australian cycling persona: - in places such as Geelong, young riders out training in the Barabool Hills or out the back of the You Yangs, will proudly tell you, "this, is where Russell Mockridge used to train".
	www.cyclingnews.com /track/?id=mockridge00 (2019 words)

	Sports Factor - 11 July 2003 - An Aussie Tour de Force
		Rupert Guinness: Well certainly when Russell did his first and only Tour in '55, he finished 64th overall, but he left a huge mark on the race, just from the fact that he was known as a sprinter, even though he was a time triallist as well on the track.
		Henri le Duc, one of the former winners, made a comment in one of his newspaper columns he was writing at the time, that' this race is not made for sprinters, they shouldn't be here', or the likes, and he said, 'if any of them finished up, I'd shake their hand'.
		And when Russell Mockridge finished that Tour, he was sitting there at the finish, waiting for his turn to do a victory lap, or a team finishing lap, and le Duc came across and shook his hand.
	www.abc.com.au /rn/sportsfactor/stories/2003/898143.htm (4090 words)

	ABC Online News - Sports: Cycling
		In 1952 at the Helsinki Games, Russell Mockridge and Lionel Cox won gold for Australia in the 2,000m tandem.
		Mockridge and Cox only ended up in the event because Mockridge had been given the tandem bike after the British Olympic team had decided it had no use for it.
		Mockridge and Cox improved in every round and, against all odds, finished as comfortable winners.
	www.abc.net.au /news/olympics/sports/cycling.htm (1194 words)

	Print Article: The quiet pride of a tour veteran
		In 1955, Beasley paid his own way to France and was again invited to race with the Luxembourg team, with fellow Victorian Russell Mockridge joining him.
		Mockridge managed to shake off the ill effects better than Beasley, who, sapped of his strength, was forced to abandon the race early on after crashing in a stage and having race officials rule him out.
		Going up to the start of the tour we stopped overnight and we had a fish meal, and he was crook and I was crook, and he seemed to get over his quicker than I did," Beasley said.
	www.theage.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/06/28/1056683950356.html (752 words)

	Aust cyclists articles
		A sometimes-awarded medal, the occasional one day road race in Victoria, and a street in the Canberra suburb of Holt are the permanent reminders to the Australian public of Russell Mockridge.
		He was educated at the elite Geelong College, and on leaving school was in turn, a cadet journalist, a university student, and a candidate for the Anglican ministry, and abandoned each for cycling.
		Russell Mockridge’s post humous autobiography, “My World on Wheels” (completed by John Burrows), was printed in 1960.
	www.canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au /aust%20cyclists%20articles.htm (15832 words)

	Heinemann Atlas background page
		The star for the Australians was athlete Marjorie Jackson, who won gold in the 100 metres and 200 metres, and would probably have won another gold in the relay but for a dropped baton.
		Other gold medals went to Shirley Strickland (80 metres hurdles), John Davies (200 metres breaststroke), cyclist Russell Mockridge (1000 metres time trial) and the tandem cycling team (Russell Mockridge and Lionel Cox).
		Two silver and three bronze completed the medal count for the most successful Australian team (in terms of gold medals won) to that time.
	www.hi.com.au /atlas/atlas3/updates/bg.asp?subtopicid=3035 (448 words)

	Herald Sun Tour - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The resulting rise in the event's standard saw the race become rated by the UCI for the first time in 2005, however this is now under jeopardy.
		Several notable Australian cyclists have won the General classification including Baden Cooke in 2002, Neil Stephens in 1986, and Russell Mockridge in 1957.
		The 2004 race was conducted from October 14 to 24, 2004 and involved 85 cyclists in seventeen teams of five.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Herald_Sun_Tour (296 words)

	Aussies irked at Olympic track cutbacks
		The men's kilo was introduced to the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928, and Edgar "Dunc" Gray's 1932 victory in the event was Australia's first-ever cycling Olympic gold medal.
		Russell Mockridge brought the gold medal back to Australia after the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki.
		Shane Kelly, who has contested the event at the past four Olympic Games, was also surprised by the announcement.
	www.velonews.com /race/trk/articles/8190.0.html (454 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
		Russell Van Hout is a commendable third place podium finisher.
		To have Russell in the senior national championship jersey is unfair on the men who finished ahead of him.
		But, once it surfaced, there was a reason for me to feed the name into Google and acquaint myself with the story of the man’s life and death.
	www.cyclingnews.com /letters/?id=2006/01-17letters (4075 words)

	Lionel Cox
		When Australia's champion cyclist, Russell Mockridge, made a last minute appearance at Helsinki to compete in the 1952 Olympic Games, he was surprised to find that his partner in the 2000 metres tandem event was Sydney's unknown Lionel Cox, a cyclist who had never taken part in a tandem event in his life!
		In Helsinki, Mockridge and Cox found that neither owned a tandem cycle, nor had one been provided, so they hastily arranged to have one flown in, finding to their disgust that it was only a semi racer.
		The tactics were successful and Mockridge and Cox took the gold medal by inches.
	canberrabicyclemuseum.com.au /MalvernStar/lionel_cox.htm (685 words)

	paivat_ala
		Russell Mockridge of Australia won gold in the 1,000-metre time trial and joined forces with countryman Lionel Cox to take another victory in the 2,000-metre tandem race.
		Track cycling did not draw crowds in Finland: only about two thousand people attended the competitions in the Velodrome on any given day.
		Russell Mockridge of Australia defeated Italy's Marino Morettini for the gold in 1,000 metres time trial.
	www.urheilumuseo.org /olympic1952/days/master_paivat_317.htm (192 words)

	Australian Olympic Committee (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Cycling is one of our older Olympic sports, dating back to Antwerp in 1920.
		The three riders listed here all won individual track events; Dunc Gray, the time trial in 1928; Russell Mockridge, the sprint in 1952 (as well as the tandem, with Lionel Cox); and Ryan Bayley, the sprint and the keirin in 2004.
		Kathy Watt performed admirably in 1992 to win gold in the road race and silver in the track pursuit.
	www.olympics.com.au /index.cfm?p=169 (710 words)

	Brown and O'Grady take gold in madison - Cycling -
		Road rider O'Grady made a scintillating return to track cycling after an absence of four years, as O'Grady and team pursuit gold medallist Brown pedalled Australia to a successful defence of their Olympic madison crown in Athens.
		Brown and Bayley become the first Australian cyclists since the legendary Russell Mockridge, at Helsinki in 1952, to finish an Olympics with two gold medals.
		Four years ago in Sydney, Brett Aitken and Scott McGrory captured an emotional madison victory which quickly saw them dubbed the "sling kings".
	www.smh.com.au /olympics/articles/2004/08/26/1093246635589.html (653 words)

	Cycling Championship Results
		Australia has competed in all Commonwealth Games cycling events since they started in 1934, collecting 54 gold medals or more than half the total on offer.
		The legendary names of Russell Mockridge and Dunc Gray spring out from the early days, with a whole host of familiar names from more recent times, including our golden women Kathy Watt, Anna Millward (nee Wilson), and Alayna Burns.
		Whilst the Tour de France had its beginnings in 1903, the first Australians to compete were Don Kirkham and Ivor Munro in 1914, finishing a very creditable 17th and 20th respectively.
	www.aussiecycling.com /champions (361 words)

	Palo Alto Bicycles Best Resources: Cycling Biographies
		The racing biography of Hinault up to the middle of the 1982 season.
		My World on Wheels: The Posthumous Autobiography of Russell Mockridge
		The illustrator who chronicled English cycling in the first half of the 20th century.
	www.paloaltobicycles.com /books/biography.html (509 words)

	The Sensis Map Data debate starts here > Forums @ MTekk > MTekk
		Some have been changed on Navman but many others have not.
		Carl Lewis Way, changed in Whereis but not on Navman, Russell Mockridge Av has been changed in its main part to Mockridge Av however a small section between the lanes of Newington Dve still remain on Navman and whereis site as Russell Mockridge.
		Eastview Rd Church Point (Sydney) NSW enters into Pittwater Rd UBD map ref. 118 A7 If you look at a Sydway directory map ref. 179 D19 you can see that the entry is approx.
	www.mtekk.com.au /Forums/tabid/56/forumid/29/postid/52082/view/topic/Default.aspx (1472 words)

	Page 2 - 10 best Aussie cyclists
		I'm old enough and privileged enough to have seen both Sid Patterson at
		the old Velodrome (I used to show the advertising slides between races), and Russell Mockridge race on
		Because of this I would place both on the list, butI would include at least another twenty Aussie
	www.cyclingforums.com /t-35356-15-2.html (1105 words)

	Russell Mockridge
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	www.whitehat.com.au /Victoria/People/Mockridge.asp (72 words)

	Olympic Games - 1949 - 1972
		Australia won 6 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze medals
		2000m Tandem Cycling Team (Lionel Cox and Russell Mockridge)
		See 1952, for a full list of medallists.
	www.menziesera.com /sports/olympics.htm (384 words)

	Champions - Photo Gallery
		Turned professional in 1951and won the World Pursuit Championships in 1952 and 1953.
		Winner of the famous Paris 6-Day Race in 1955 with fellow Aussies, Russell Mockridge and Roger Arnold.
		VIC Amateur Track Team, National Titles, Hobart, 1953
	www.jub.com.au /champions/photogallery.cfm (261 words)

	www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis
		January 24: Future of Spanish cycling, Australian championships, Aussie national champs - a deserved winner, Aussie nationals, World champion kit, Ullrich and the 2006 Tour, With Lance gone, Some observations on Oz, PCA suing Dick Pound, International teams
		January 17: EGO Mania, Basso: seeing double, Aussie nationals, Australian championships, Russell Mockridge, PCA suing Dick Pound, USA cycling, World champion kit, The future, Some observations on Oz January 6: The Tour hypocrisy, Pat McQuaid, McQuaid, Bart Wellens, Urine testing, Dope so you can
		February 28 – Langkawi: Saturn responds, Host housing families, Specialized's support of grassroots racing, Russell Mockridge's book, Rest heart rate, Pics of Obree, Olympic cyclo-cross, Nicknames, Hyde Park coppers, Hernias, Speed skaters cross training, Failure of cycling press, Domestiques, David McCann, Clara Hughes at the Olympics, Broken Hips, Recovering from a neck operation
	www.cyclingnews.com /letters (9967 words)

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