Clyde Rimple

Raymond Clyde Rimple (16 June 1937 – 2 April 2022) was a Trinidadian and British cyclist and politician. He competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, staying in the United Kingdom after the competition. Rimple joined the Royal Air Force and was selected for the British West Indies at the 1960 Summer Olympics. After his cycling career, he lived in both Trinidad and England. He served as a Bracknell town councillor from 1974 to 1978.

Biography Raymond Clyde Rimple was born on 16 June 1937 in Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago, to a family of four brothers and three sisters. Rimple worked as an instrument fitter at an oilfield and owned a bicycle shop in Trinidad and Tobago. He was persuaded by his friends to take up cycling as a sport.

Rimple was selected to compete for Trinidad and Tobago at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Cardiff, Wales, Instead of leaving the country after the Games, Rimple decided to stay in London and was employed as a sheet metal worker for 18 months.

Rimple died on 2 April 2022 in Newbury, Berkshire, England, at the age of 84.