John Dean (cyclist)

{{Short description|New Zealand cyclist (born 1947)}}

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John Dean (born 22 December 1947) is a New Zealand former cyclist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/john-dean-1.html |title=John Dean Olympic Results |access-date=6 September 2014 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022184152/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/john-dean-1.html |archive-date=22 October 2014 }}

He won the overall sportsperson of the year award at the Taranaki Sports Awards in 1966 and was named the 1967 Road Cyclist of the Year at the annual meeting in Wellington of the New Zealand Amateur Cycling Association.{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Denis |date=2018-01-24 |title=Fifty years ago today: Tegel comes to town |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/100865461/fifty-years-ago-today-tegel-comes-to-town |access-date=2022-03-03 |website=Stuff |language=en}} Dean also won the New Zealand National Road Race Championships in 1967.