Leonard Kent

Leonard Bruce Kent (23 October 1928 – 9 May 1979) was a New Zealand cyclist who represented his country at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.

Cycling Kent competed in the team pursuit event at the 1956 Summer Olympics, with teammates Warwick Dalton, Neil Ritchie and Donald Eagle. They finished tied for fifth place, after winning their first-round contest but losing in the quarter-finals.

He was a life member of the Manukau Cycling Club and Auckland Amateur Cycling Centre.

Later life Kent worked as a freelance reporter and photographer, writing on several sports, and often contributing to The New Zealand Herald and Auckland Star newspapers. While he and two other men were hauling their three-metre yacht out of the water, the yacht's mast touched a high-voltage power line and were electrocuted. Kent's brother-in-law, Trevor Hamilton, was also killed in the incident.