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Full name | Ronald Charles Stretton | ||||||||||||||
Born | Epsom, Surrey, England | 13 February 1930||||||||||||||
Died | 12 November 2012 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 82)||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Ronald Charles "Ron" Stretton (13 February 1930 – 12 November 2012)[1] was a track cyclist from Great Britain, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won the bronze medal in the men's 4,000 metres team pursuit, alongside Donald Burgess, George Newberry, and Alan Newton. He was born in Epsom, Surrey and died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2]