About Peter Longbottom
Lived 1959 – 1998 (aged 38). Peter Longbottom was a British sport cyclist.
Peter Longbottom (13 May 1959 – 10 February 1998) was a British road racing and time triallist cyclist. He won more than 40 national championship medals and won bronze and silver medals in the team time trial event at the 1990 and 1994 Commonwealth Games.
Cycling career Longbottom was born on 13 May 1959 in Huddersfield to cycling parents. He began cycling with Clifton Cycling Club and Velo Club York with whom he won his first national team time trial medal, a bronze, in 1978. He joined the Manchester Wheelers in the 1980s and also rode for GS Strada and North Wirral Velo. He competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona finishing 14th.
Longbottom retired from racing in 1996.
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Who was Peter Longbottom?
British cyclist
When was Peter Longbottom born?
Peter Longbottom was born on 13 May 1959 in Huddersfield.
When did Peter Longbottom die?
Peter Longbottom died on 10 February 1998 in York.
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Peter Longbottom was a sport cyclist.
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Peter Longbottom was British.
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