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Full name
  
Edward Charles Smart

Died
  
February 6, 2000

Role
  
Cyclist

Name
  
Eddie Smart

Discipline
  
Road & Track


Eddie Smart Welsh cyclist Eddie Smart at the Commonwealth Games in Jamaica 1966

Born
  
23 August 1946Cardiff, Wales (
1946-08-23
)

Edward Charles Smart (23 August 1946 – 6 February 2000) was a Welsh cyclist and coach from Cardiff, Wales. He represented Wales at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica (formally the Empire Games), in the scratch race, kilo, sprint, pursuit and road race.

He ran a garage on Maindy Road, opposite the cycle track. Smart coached young riders and was the Welsh Cycling Union's track co-ordinator and member of the Maindy track league committee

Steve Jones and Eddie Smart were helpers at the Junior Tour of Wales. They died in a car accident on the M4 in Berkshire. John Richards, the race's organizer a shield to them for the best Welsh rider. It is awarded annually at the Junior Tour of Wales. The Eddie Smart Memorial Fund was set up to refurbish the track .

References

Eddie Smart Wikipedia


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