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| Born | (1937-07-17) 17 July 1937 Birmingham, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Coventry Road Club | ||||||||||||||||||
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Karl Edward James Barton (born 17 July 1937) is a British former cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
In addition to his Olympic Games appearances, He also represented the England team[2] and won a silver medal[3] in the Track 1,000m match sprint at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[4][5]
Four years later he won another silver medal in the 1,000m match sprint at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[6]
Barton was a three times British track champion, winning the British National Individual Sprint Championships in 1962, 1963 and 1964.[7][8]
References
- ^ "Karl Barton Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- ^ "Empire Games Road Team". Leicester Daily Mercury. 13 May 1958. p. 20. Retrieved 9 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Cycling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Profile and record". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 19 July 2010.
- ^ ""Barton Gains Cycling Sprint Title." Times, 10 Sept. 1962, p. 3". Times Digital Archives.
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