Gilmore in 2011 | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Matthew Gilmore | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1972-09-11)11 September 1972 (age 52) Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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1996–1999 | RDM | ||||||||||||||
2000 | Memory Card–Jack & Jones | ||||||||||||||
2001 | Vlaanderen–T Interim | ||||||||||||||
2002 | Mapei–Quick Step | ||||||||||||||
2003–2007 | Chocolade Jacques | ||||||||||||||
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Matthew Gilmore (born 11 September 1972 inGhent) is aBelgian-Australian retiredtrack cyclist, who mostly competed and was most successful on track for Belgium. Although Gilmore was born in and represented Belgium, he is the son of Australian racing cyclistGraeme Gilmore and competed with an Australian licence earlier in his career, changing to Belgium on 15 June 1998. Gilmore is also the nephew of British racing cyclistTom Simpson.
At the2000 Sydney Olympics he won a silver medal in the men'smadison event together withEtienne De Wilde. That year, he rode for Danishroad bicycle racingMemory Card–Jack & Jones. Before that he rode forSPAR–RDM, and afterwards he changed toVlaanderen–T Interim.
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