Jay Sweet

{{short description|Australian cyclist}}

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{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Jay Sweet

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|8|11}}

| birth_place = Adelaide, South Australia

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| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

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| proyears1 = 1997

| proteam1 = ZVVZ–Giant–AIS

| proyears2 = 1998–2001

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AUB|1998}}

| proyears3 = 2002

| proteam3 = Saturn Cycling Team

| proyears4 = 2003

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|OKT|2003}}

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{{MedalCountry| Australia }}

{{MedalSport| Men's road bicycle racing }}

{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold|1998 Kula Lumpur|Road Race}}

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Jay Sweet (born 11 August 1975) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist who won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.

He accepted a road cycling scholarship at the Australian Institute of Sport and in 1997 was a member of the ZVVZ–Giant–AIS team. Between 1998 and 2001, he was a member of BigMat - Auber '93 (France). He won the gold medal in the men's road race at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Commonwealth Games. Sweet rode in the 1999 Tour de France and did not finish stage 15 due to an ankle injury from an accident during stage 3.{{cite web|title=Where Are They Now? Jay Sweet|url=http://cyclingtips.com.au/2011/02/where-are-they-now-jay-sweet/|website=Cycling Tips, February 2011|accessdate=24 July 2015}} He retired in 2003 and moved to New Zealand. Whilst in New Zealand he worked as a commercial fisherman and apprentice builder. In 2012, he returned to Adelaide and in 2015 was working as a stonemason.{{cite news|last1=Homfray|first1=Reece|title=How Sweet is it to be back|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/the-coffee-ride-63-with-reece-homfray/story-fngr0c3d-1227277613708|accessdate=24 July 2015|work=Adelaide Now|date=25 March 2015}} In 2015, he rode in the Tour of the Riverland in South Australia and finished 2nd in Stage 1.{{cite web|title=Jay Sweet|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6850|website=Cycling Archive|accessdate=24 July 2015}} His son, Max Jay Sweet (An Outspoken Supporter for the LGBTQ+ Community)has also become a young cyclist inspired by his father.