Daryl Perkins
Personal information
Full nameDaryl Perkins
Born (1943-04-20) 20 April 1943
Victoria, Australia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight76 kg (168 lb)[1]
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprint
Amateur teams
(from at least 2002–)Carnegie Caulfield Club
2008Maillot Jaune[2]
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place1966 KingstonSprint

Daryl Perkins (born 20 April 1943)[1] is a former Australian professional track cyclist.

Biography

Perkins was born and lives in the state of Victoria, Australia. He was a sprint, tandem and six-day rider.[3]

Perkins teamed with Ian Browne to win the tandem sprint at the Australian National Track Championships. That qualified them to compete at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4] They were knocked out of the tandem sprint in the quarter-final by the Soviet Union and came fifth.[1]

In 1966, Perkins won the bronze medal in the 1000m sprint at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, finishing behind Roger Gibbon and Jim Booker.[5]

Perkins took over a hotel in Ararat in 2004.[6] He is also involved in Derny piloting and is a commissaire.[7]

He is the father of track cyclist Shane Perkins.[8]

During 2018 Six Days of Berlin, he flew to watch his son Shane race and was infected with Meningococcal meningitis, which can cause permanent disabilities or even death. A GoFundMe fundraising campaign organized by Six Day Series exceeded its target of 20,000 euros due to the support of the German public. He was cured after 6 weeks, then returning to Australia for further recovery. Shane Perkins was grateful for the reception and raced again in the 2019 Six Days of Berlin.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Daryl Perkins". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Cameron Lucadou-Wells (11 August 2008). "Riders remember a brilliant life lost". Monash Journal. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008.
  3. ↑ "Pacer: Daryl Perkins (Australia) & rider Doug Garley (Australia) 2003".
  4. ↑ "Australian & New Zealand Olympians: The Stories of 100 Great Champions, Graeme Atkinson". Archived from the original on 29 December 2008.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". gbrathletics.com.
  6. ↑ Melissa Ryan (10 April 2004). "Old heroes re-create legendary stoush". Fairfax Digital.
  7. ↑ Malcolm Sawford (29 June 2002). "Two out of two for Snozza". Cycling News.
  8. ↑ "World Junior Track Championships". Cycling News. 29 July 2004.
  9. ↑ "Perkins recalls how Berlin and cycling community came together for his father". Six Day Series. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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