Graeme Gilmore

Graeme Gilmore (born 29 June 1945 in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian retired track cyclist. He is the father of Belgian racing cyclist Matthew Gilmore and brother in law of British racing cyclist Tom Simpson.

Gilmore started racing in November 1955 at the age of 10. He came second in his first race, a 1-mile event at York Park Track Launceston. He won his second race, the same month, again a 1-mile event at York Park Track. He won several juvenile and junior championships before beginning to compete for prize money at the age of 15, which in Australian at that time deemed him a professional.

In 1967 Gilmore was awarded both Australian Professional Road & Track Cyclist of the Year from "Road & Track" magazine readers, and became an inaugural member of the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame. In the same year he won the Australian national road race title. Gilmore was awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year 1972.

Gilmore was a successful track rider on the European Six-day racing scene.

Palmarès

1960 1st 1 mile, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro 1st 5 mile, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro 1st Sprint, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro 1st Tasmanian Championship, Road, Junior Pro

1961 2nd Australian National Road Race Championships, Junior Pro

1962 3rd Burnie Wheelrace, Australia 1st Latrobe, 2 Mile Handicap Race, Australia 1st 1 Mile, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro 1st 5 Mile, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro 1st Team Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro 1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro

1963 3rd Burnie Wheelrace, Australia 2nd Scratch race, Australian National Track Championships 2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships 1st Panton Memorial, Australia 1st 1 mile, Tasmanian Championship, Track, Pro 1st 5 mile, Tasmanian Championship, Track, Pro 1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Latrobe, Australia

1964 1st Burnie, Scratch, Australia 1st Devonport, Scratch, Australia 1st Latrobe, Scratch, Australia 1st Panton Memorial, Australia 1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Burnie, Australia 1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Latrobe, Australia

1965 2nd Launceston Six Day, Australia 1st Panton Memorial, Australia

1966 1st 2 Mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia 2nd General Classification, Herald Sun Tour 1st Stage 1, Charlton 1st Stage 4, Deneliquin 1st Stage 5, Finley (New South Wales) 1st Stage 9, Lilydale 2nd Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships 2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships

1967 1st General Classification Tour of the Peninsular, Australia Herald Sun Tour: 1st Stage 3, Mayborough 1st Stage 5, Moe (Victoria) 1st Stage 6, Warragul (Victoria) 1st Stage 9, Lilydale 1st København Paar, Omnium, Denmark (with Danny Clark) 1st Launceston, Six Days, Australia (with Sid Patterson) 1st Melbourne - Warrnambool 1st Melbourne Ron Edminson Wheelrace, 2 mile Handicap Race 1st Melbourne Stan Mullaney Wheelrace, 2 mile Handicap Race 1st Melbourne, Sprint, Australia 1st 1 Mile, Australian National Track Championships 2nd Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships 1st Australian National Road Race Championships 1st 25 mile, Tasmanian Road Championship 1st 50 mile, Tasmanian Road Championship Tour of the Peninsular, Australia: 1st Stage 1, Cranbourne (Victoria) 1st Stage 2, Rosebud (Victoria) 1st Stage 3, Sorrento (Victoria) 1st 125 mile, Victorian Road Championships, Australia 1st 150 mile, Victorian Road Championships, Australia 1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia

1968 3rd Launceston Six Day, Australia

1969 3rd London Six Day, Great Britain 3rd Rotterdam Six Day, The Netherlands 2nd Tom Simpson Memorial, Great Britain

1970 1st Stage 1 V&G Series, Middlesbrough, Great Britain 1st Bonus Series, Great Britain 3rd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium 3rd Groningen Six Day, The Netherlands 1st General Classification V&G Series, Great Britain 1st Stage 3, Nottingham 1st Stage 5, Birmingham 2nd Weston Super Mare Grand Prix, Great Britain

1971 3rd Madison, European Track Championships, Elite

1972 1st Civitavecchia, Sprint, Italy 1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia 1st Dortmund, Sprint, Germany 2nd Derny, European Track Championships, Elite 3rd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium 2nd Groningen Six Day, The Netherlands 1st Napoli, Sprint, Italy 1st Zürich Six Day, Switzerland (with Albert Fritz & Wilfried Peffgen) 3rd Rotterdam Six Day, The Netherlands 3rd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium 6th Oostburg, The Netherlands

1973 2nd Berlin Six Day, Germany 1st Bremen Six Day, Germany (with Dieter Kemper) 2nd Dortmund Six Day, Germany 3rd Frankfurt Six Day, Germany 1st Ghent, Omnium, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu) 1st Ghent, Madison, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu) 1st Six Days of Ghent, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu) 1st Köln, Sprint, Germany 1st Los Angeles Six Day, USA (with Klaus Bugdahl) 3rd Waldenbuch, Germany 2nd Antwerp, Six Day, Belgium 3rd Maldegem, Belgium 2nd München Six Day, Germany

1974 1st Omnium, Canadian Professional Open Track event, Toronto 3rd Derny, European Track Championships, Elite 1st Omnium, European Track Championships, Elite 2nd Madison, European Track Championships, Elite 1st Ghent, Omnium, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu) 1st Ghent, Madison, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu) 1st Köln Six Day, Germany (with Dieter Kemper) 1st München Six Day, Germany (with Sigi Renz) 1st Zürich Six Day, Switzerland (with Klaus Bugdahl) 3rd Bremen Six Day, Germany 1st Westrozebeke, Belgium 1st Six Days of Ghent, Belgium (with Julien Stevens)

1975 1st Dortmund Six Day, Germany (with Dieter Kemper) 2nd Derny, European Track Championships, Elite 2nd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium 2nd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium 3rd Stage 7a, Paris–Nice 3rd Herning Six Day, Denmark

1976 3rd Bremen Six Day, Germany 3rd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium 2nd München Six Day, Germany 1st Maastricht Six Day, Maastricht (Limburg), The Netherlands (with Patrick Sercu) 1st Copenhagen Six Day, Denmark (with Dieter Kemper) 3rd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium