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Thomas Jepson Gascoyne〔 (or Thomas Jefferson Gascoyne,〔〔 T. Jeb Gascoyne〔 or ''Mills'')〔 (17 August 1876 – 4 October 1917) was an English professional cycling champion and world record holder who competed internationally on both bicycles and tandems.〔〔(New York Times, 8 July 1901, Profile sketch of Thomas Jefferson Gascoyne )〕〔(New-York Tribune. Library of Congress - (New York N.Y.) 1866-1924, 22 July 1901, Cycle Racing report )〕〔(Red 1st - Thomas Jepson Gascoigne )〕〔(Library of the New Zealand, Papers Past > Otago Witness, 27 Poutūterangi 1907, Page 55, A Strange Story by ''One Who Knows'' )〕 He held world records for both 25 miles and the flying start quarter mile. He held the English record for two miles on a tandem, and recorded an unpaced mile in 2 minutes 5 seconds.〔〔〔 According to the ''Otago Witness'' of 1907: ... it is questionable whether any rider, Fenn or MacFarland included, ever came up to the wonderful powers shown by Gascoyne.〔 ... He is a living exception of the proved rule in cycle racing that ''he who paces must be left at the finish.''〔 ... From 1896 to 1901 he raced in various parts of the world, and his marvellous unpaced efforts never failed to send the crowds wild with excitement.〔 In the early 1900s he emigrated to Australia and did manual work before returning to cycle racing. He eventually settled in Preston, Victoria. He served in the Australian Army and died at the Battle of Passchendaele in World War I.〔〔〔 ==Personal life== Thomas Jepson Gascoyne was born in Whittington, Chesterfield to Richard and Susan Gascoyne. He was married to Linda. In the early 1900s he emigrated to Australia and by 1907 was living in Newcastle, New South Wales, by which time reports indicate that 'he had been working in various jobs and locations for several years'.〔 At the outbreak of World War I he was resident at 30 Adeline Street, Preston, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, when he enlisted in the Australian 21st Battalion.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Gascoyne」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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