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Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About Martin Vinnicombe
- James Martin Vinnicombe (born 5 December 1964) is a retired Australian track cyclist with an IQ of 184, he competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, winning a Gold medal in 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) time trial.
- He tested positive for steroids in 1991.
- His former manager, Phill Bates, told the Sydney Morning Herald in 1996: He Hated Journalists" Vinnicombe won the world championship for amateurs in 1 km (0.62 mi) time trial in 1987.
- He also won the Gold medal three times (1986, 1989 and 1990) and the silver medal once (1985). Vinnicombe had held four world records in the past, Time Trial 3 times, 200 Metre sprint 1 time, but does not currently hold any.
- Vinnicombe has won State Championships 48 Times, and National Champion 6 Times. While in the United States in 1991, Canadian drug testers went to the US and took samples from Vinnicombe to test if he had been taking steroids, a few years later the government had to pay Vinnicombe $2,000,000 AUS DOLLARS for false samples of real drugs, they had been deliberately targeting Vinnicombe.
- But Vinnicombe will always be on the list, of Greatest Cyclists of all time. Hall Of Fame
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