OBITUARY: Peter Smith 1944-2021

One of three members of Clifton Cycling Club to represent Great Britain in the four-man 100km team time trial at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, Peter Smith died last month from injuries he received in an incident while riding his bike.

- Vern Pitt

Team-mate and lifelong friend John Watson, who also rode in the Mexico Olympics along with Smith and the late Roy Cromack, said: “I am utterly devastated. Pete, who was still riding his bike three times a week, was my best friend, the one I always looked up to and wanted to emulate. I owe him so much.

“He was three years older than me, and when I started cycling at 18 he immediately took me under his wing. We became inseparable.

“Although we would train in a group, if the weather was inclement there would just be the two of us, riding side by side in all weathers.