Former Canadian track cyclist star Gordon Singleton dead at 67
By The Canadian Press on March 25, 2024.
Former Canadian track cycling star Gordon Singleton has died. He was 67. Cycling Canada confirmed on Monday that he died from prostate cancer. The Niagara Falls, Ont., native was the first Canadian to ever claim a gold medal at the track cycling world championships in 1982, winning in the keirin. He also held three world records, having set them all in a 24-hour span from October 9-10 in 1980. They came in the 200-metre flying start, 500 flying start and 1,000 standing start months after being named to Team Canada for the 1980 Olympics before Canada joined an American-led boycott of the Moscow Games that year. Singleton also competed in the 1976 Olympics, finishing ninth in the 1,000 sprint. He went on to win gold in both the sprint and the 1,000 time trial at the 1979 Pan American Games. Singleton, who was named to the Order of Canada in 1986, was also a gold medallist in the sprint and bronze medallist in the 1,000 time trial at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 25, 2024. 8-7
