Harry Wyld

Harry Wyld

Personal information
Full name	Frederick Henry Wyld
Born	(1900-06-05)5 June 1900 Mansfield, England
Died	5 April 1976(1976-04-05) (aged 75) Derby, England
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1924 Paris 50 km race 1928 Amsterdam Team pursuit

Frederick Henry "Harry" Wyld (born 5 June 1900, Mansfield, England,[1][2][3] died Derby, England,[1] 5 April 1976) was a British track cyclist. He won bronze medals at the 1924 and the 1928 Summer Olympics.[4]

On 5 August 1928 in Amsterdam, Harry Wyld, with Frank Southall, Percy Wyld and his brother Leonard Wyld, broke the Olympic team pursuit record by 9.2 seconds, in 5:01.6. They were the third team to hold the record since it began on 10 August 1920. It was broken by 10.2 seconds next day before standing for nearly eight years.[5] It is likely the record was broken in the quarter or semi-final as they won a bronze medal; they would have proceeded to the final had the record been broken in qualifying rounds.^[citation needed]^[discuss]

References

1. Harry Wyld at Sports Reference
2. Profile at databaseolympics.com
3. England & Wales Birth Ref. Index Frederick Henry Wyld, Jul-Aug-Sep 1900, District: Mansfield, Volume: 7b, Page: 79
4. "Harry Wyld". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. Olympic.org Records, Cycling - Track