# Graeme Gilmore

Graeme Gilmore (born 29 June 1945 in Launceston, Tasmania) is an Australian retired track cyclist. He is the father of Belgian racing cyclist Matthew Gilmore and brother in law of British racing cyclist Tom Simpson.
Gilmore started racing in November 1955 at the age of 10. He came second in his first race, a 1-mile event at York Park Track Launceston. He won his second race, the same month, again a 1-mile event at York Park Track. He won several juvenile and junior championships before beginning to compete for prize money at the age of 15, which in Australian at that time deemed him a professional.
In 1967 Gilmore was awarded both Australian Professional Road & Track Cyclist of the Year from "Road & Track" magazine readers, and became an inaugural member of the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame. In the same year he won the Australian national road race title. Gilmore was awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year 1972.
Gilmore was a successful track rider on the European Six-day racing scene.

## Palmarès
### 1960

    1st 1 mile, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro
    1st 5 mile, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro
    1st Sprint, Tasmanian Track Championship, Junior Pro
    1st Tasmanian Championship, Road, Junior Pro

### 1961

    2nd Australian National Road Race Championships, Junior Pro

### 1962

    3rd Burnie Wheelrace, Australia
    1st Latrobe, 2 Mile Handicap Race, Australia
    1st 1 Mile, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro
    1st 5 Mile, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro
    1st Team Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro
    1st Sprint, Australian National Track Championships - Junior Pro

### 1963

    3rd Burnie Wheelrace, Australia
    2nd Scratch race, Australian National Track Championships
    2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships
    1st Panton Memorial, Australia
    1st 1 mile, Tasmanian Championship, Track, Pro
    1st 5 mile, Tasmanian Championship, Track, Pro
    1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Latrobe, Australia

### 1964

    1st Burnie, Scratch, Australia
    1st Devonport, Scratch, Australia
    1st Latrobe, Scratch, Australia
    1st Panton Memorial, Australia
    1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Burnie, Australia
    1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Latrobe, Australia

### 1965

    2nd Launceston Six Day, Australia
    1st Panton Memorial, Australia

### 1966

    1st 2 Mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia
    2nd General Classification, Herald Sun Tour
       1st Stage 1, Charlton
       1st Stage 4, Deneliquin
       1st Stage 5, Finley (New South Wales)
       1st Stage 9, Lilydale
    2nd Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships
    2nd Sprint, Australian National Track Championships

### 1967

    1st General Classification Tour of the Peninsular, Australia
    Herald Sun Tour:
       1st Stage 3, Mayborough
       1st Stage 5, Moe (Victoria)
       1st Stage 6, Warragul (Victoria)
       1st Stage 9, Lilydale
    1st København Paar, Omnium, Denmark (with Danny Clark)
    1st Launceston, Six Days, Australia (with Sid Patterson)
    1st Melbourne - Warrnambool
    1st Melbourne Ron Edminson Wheelrace, 2 mile Handicap Race
    1st Melbourne Stan Mullaney Wheelrace, 2 mile Handicap Race
    1st Melbourne, Sprint, Australia
    1st 1 Mile, Australian National Track Championships
    2nd Pursuit, Australian National Track Championships
    1st Australian National Road Race Championships
    1st 25 mile, Tasmanian Road Championship
    1st 50 mile, Tasmanian Road Championship
    Tour of the Peninsular, Australia:
       1st Stage 1, Cranbourne (Victoria)
       1st Stage 2, Rosebud (Victoria)
       1st Stage 3, Sorrento (Victoria)
    1st 125 mile, Victorian Road Championships, Australia
    1st 150 mile, Victorian Road Championships, Australia
    1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia

### 1968

    3rd Launceston Six Day, Australia

### 1969

    3rd London Six Day, Great Britain
    3rd Rotterdam Six Day, The Netherlands
    2nd Tom Simpson Memorial, Great Britain

### 1970

    1st Stage 1 V&G Series, Middlesbrough, Great Britain
    1st Bonus Series, Great Britain
    3rd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium
    3rd Groningen Six Day, The Netherlands
    1st General Classification V&G Series, Great Britain
       1st Stage 3, Nottingham
       1st Stage 5, Birmingham
    2nd Weston Super Mare Grand Prix, Great Britain

### 1971

    3rd Madison, European Track Championships, Elite

### 1972

    1st Civitavecchia, Sprint, Italy
    1st 2 mile Handicap Race, Devonport, Australia
    1st Dortmund, Sprint, Germany
    2nd Derny, European Track Championships, Elite
    3rd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium
    2nd Groningen Six Day, The Netherlands
    1st Napoli, Sprint, Italy
    1st Zürich Six Day, Switzerland (with Albert Fritz & Wilfried Peffgen)
    3rd Rotterdam Six Day, The Netherlands
    3rd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium
    6th Oostburg, The Netherlands

### 1973

    2nd Berlin Six Day, Germany
    1st Bremen Six Day, Germany (with Dieter Kemper)
    2nd Dortmund Six Day, Germany
    3rd Frankfurt Six Day, Germany
    1st Ghent, Omnium, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu)
    1st Ghent, Madison, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu)
    1st Six Days of Ghent, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu)
    1st Köln, Sprint, Germany
    1st Los Angeles Six Day, USA (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Waldenbuch, Germany
    2nd Antwerp, Six Day, Belgium
    3rd Maldegem, Belgium
    2nd München Six Day, Germany

### 1974

    1st Omnium, Canadian Professional Open Track event, Toronto
    3rd Derny, European Track Championships, Elite
    1st Omnium, European Track Championships, Elite
    2nd Madison, European Track Championships, Elite
    1st Ghent, Omnium, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu)
    1st Ghent, Madison, Belgium (with Patrick Sercu)
    1st Köln Six Day, Germany (with Dieter Kemper)
    1st München Six Day, Germany (with Sigi Renz)
    1st Zürich Six Day, Switzerland (with Klaus Bugdahl)
    3rd Bremen Six Day, Germany
    1st Westrozebeke, Belgium
    1st Six Days of Ghent, Belgium (with Julien Stevens)

### 1975

    1st Dortmund Six Day, Germany (with Dieter Kemper)
    2nd Derny, European Track Championships, Elite
    2nd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium
    2nd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium
    3rd Stage 7a, Paris–Nice
    3rd Herning Six Day, Denmark

### 1976

    3rd Bremen Six Day, Germany
    3rd Six Days of Ghent, Belgium
    2nd München Six Day, Germany
    1st Maastricht Six Day, Maastricht (Limburg), The Netherlands (with Patrick Sercu)
    1st Copenhagen Six Day, Denmark (with Dieter Kemper)
    3rd Antwerp Six Day, Belgium