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== Biography ==

== Biography ==

In 1964, Nie rode cyclo-cross for the Velo Club Sacchi<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0006075/19640131/161/0008 |title=Cycling Notes |work=Middlesex Independent |date=31 January 1964 |p=8 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref> and road raced for the Dragon Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004173/19640508/265/0018 |title=Wheelers Curtain Raiser |work=Tonbridge Free Press |date=8 May 1964|p=18 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref>

In 1964, Nie rode cyclo-cross for the Velo Club Sacchi<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0006075/19640131/161/0008 |title=Cycling Notes |work=Middlesex Independent |date=31 January 1964 |p=8 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref> and road raced for the Dragon Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004173/19640508/265/0018 |title=Wheelers Curtain Raiser |work=Tonbridge Free Press |date=8 May 1964|p=18 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref>

Nie represented the [[England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|England team]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19660519/710/0028 |title=Midland cyclists in Games team |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=19 May 1966 |p=28 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref> in the road race, finishing in a very respectable eighth place, at the [[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/45466|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 August 2019|archive-date=5 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805164734/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/45466|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Nie represented the [[England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games|England team]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002135/19660519/710/0028 |title=Midland cyclists in Games team |work=Birmingham Daily Post |date=19 May 1966 |p=28 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 December 2025}}</ref> in the road race, finishing in a very respectable eighth place, at the [[1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]] in [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/45466|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=5 August 2019|archive-date=5 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805164734/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/45466|url-status=dead}}</ref>


Latest revision as of 15:40, 11 December 2025

British

Dave Nie

Nationality British (English)
Born (1940-12-29) 29 December 1940 (age 84)
Sport Cycling

Event

Road
Club Dragon Road Club

Dave Nie (born 29 December 1940), is a male former cyclist and Cyclo-cross rider who competed for England.

In 1964, Nie rode cyclo-cross for the Velo Club Sacchi[1] and road raced for the Dragon Club.[2] He was an instrument maker in Heston by profession.[3]

Nie represented the England team[4] in the road race, finishing in a very respectable eighth place, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[5][6][7]

Nie was the 1971 British national champion in the Madison with Geoff Wiles and was national runner-up in the 1969 elite road race.[8]

He was a member of the Chequers London and Dragon Road Clubs before turning professional where he rode for Holdsworth-Campognolo.

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