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| updated = March 2011 }} Victor Louis Johnson, Vic Johnson, (10 May 1883 – 23 June 1951)〔〔 was a British track cycling racer who, in 1908, won a gold medal at the 1908 Summer Olympics;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Victor Johnson Olympic Results )〕 became 'World Amateur Sprint Champion' and the 'British National Quarter-mile Champion'.〔 In September 1909 he set three world records at Herne Hill Velodrome, London, for quarter-mile, three-quarter mile and one mile. His quarter-mile time (28 seconds) stood as the world record for 21 years and as the British amateur record for 'at least 39 years'.〔 His lifetime achievements were celebrated in 1948 when Cycling Weekly awarded him his own page in the Golden Book of Cycling, which is now held in 'The Pedal Club' archive.〔 ==Personal life== Johnson was born at Aston Manor, Warwickshire〔1901 census - 22 Station Road, Erdington, Warwickshire, RG 13/2876, page 3 of 41〕〔England & Wales Birth Index, Apr/Jun quarter 1883, Victor Louis Johnson, Aston registration district, volume 6d, page 435〕 During the 1901 census Johnson lived at 22 Station Road, Erdington, Warwickshire where his occupation was listed as carpenter, his father, John T Johnson, was a bicycle maker.〔 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「Victor Johnson (cyclist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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