CYCLING BIO
Alf Goullet will be posthumously inducted for 2016, recognised for his globetrotting, world record setting career. The winner of more than 400 races, including 15 Six-Day wins, before retiring at 34 in 1925. Goullet also holds the record for the most distance covered in a six-day race – 4,440 kilometres which is 1,000km more than the Tour de France in 15 less days. He was inducted into the Madison Square Garden Hall of Fame in 1968.
Major Achievements
PALMARES
- 1909 Australian National sprint champion
- 1912 Melbourne six-day champion
- 1912 Sydney six-day champion
- 1913 Australian National sprint champion
- 1913 New York six-day champion
- 1913 Paris six-day champion
- 1914 New York six-day champion (world record distance)
- 1916 Boston six-day champion
- 1917 New York six-day champion
- 1919 New York six-day champion
- 1920 New York six-day champion
- 1921 New York six-day champion
- 1922 New York six-day champion
- 1923 New York six-day champion
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First Name
Alf
Surname
Goullet
Awarded By
Cycling Australia
Year Awarded
2016
Award Type