Edward James Dawkins
(1792-1865) Diplomat
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| Intro | (1792-1865) Diplomat | ||||||
| was | Diplomat | ||||||
| Work field | Politics | ||||||
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| Birth | 1792 | ||||||
| Death | 1865 (aged 73 years) | ||||||
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Edward James Dawkins (born 11 August 1989) is a New Zealand track cyclist. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal in the men's sprint and the bronze medal in the men's 1 kilometre time trial. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he won the bronze medal in the men's sprint, and was part of the New Zealand time that won the gold medal in the team sprint, with Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster. The team sprint team set two Commonwealth Games records along the way. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he won alongside Sam Webster and Ethan Mitchell a silver medal in the team sprint, but did not go beyond the round 1 repechage in the individual sprint.
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Dawkins won gold in the team sprint event alongside Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster.
He had previously competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Major results
- 2017
- 1st Team Sprint, UCI World Track Championships
- 1st Sprinters Omnium, Six Day London