Glen Thomson

{{Short description|New Zealand cyclist (born 1973)}}

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|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Men's Track cycling}}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Kuala Lumpur | Points race}}

{{MedalBronze|1994 Victoria | Team pursuit}}

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Glen Thomson (born 12 July 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand) is a New Zealand racing cyclist.[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/glen-thomson-1.html sports-reference.com - Glen Thomson] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013214805/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/glen-thomson-1.html |date=13 October 2012 }} He won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in the men's points race, previously at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada he won a bronze medal as part of the men's team pursuit riding alongside Brendon Cameron, Julian Dean and Lee Vertongen.[http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=173&id=3780 Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website]{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In 2000 he began racing on the professional cycling circuit, winning the 176km New Zealand National Road Championship. {{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/glen-thomson/results|title = All results | ProCyclingStats}} From 2005 to 2019 he ran the Cycle Surgery franchise in Invercargill, New Zealand, and in February 2019 joined Cycling Southland{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingsouth.org.nz/pages/club-officials/|title = Club Officials}} in Invercargill as development and events co-ordinator.{{Cite web|url=https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/cycling/thomson-joins-cycling-southland|title = Thomson joins Cycling Southland|date = 7 February 2019}} In 2020 Thomson was accepted to the Academy Southland Performance Coach Programme.{{Cite web|url=https://whatsoninvers.nz/academy-southland-coach-performance-programme-2020-intake/|title = Academy Southland Coach Performance Programme 2020 Intake|date = 12 May 2020}}