Russell Mockridge

Edward Russell Mockridge (18 ga Yulin 1928 - 13 ga Satumba 1958) ya kasance mai tseren keke daga Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Ya mutu yayin tseren, a karo da bas.

 Iyali 
Ɗan Robert Glover Mockridge da Aileen Claire Mockridge, wanda aka haifa a Riley,  An haifi Edward Russell Mockridge (wanda aka sani da Russell) a Melbourne a ranar 18 ga Yuli, 1928.  Mockridge ya auri Irene Pritchard (-2004), wacce aka fi sani da "Rene",  a Landan, a shekarar 1953;  sun haifi 'ya mace, Melinda, wacce aka haifa a Ghent, Belgium a watan Disamba na 1954. 

 Sana'a 
Mockridge ya fara a shekarar 1946 ta hanyar lashe tserensa na farko na 40 km tare da Geelong Amateur Cycling Club. Saboda laƙabinsa na babban aji, an yi masa lakabi da Little Lord Fauntleroy, amma nasarorin da ya samu nan da nan suka sa aka yi masa lakabi da The Geelong Flyer.[1] An siffanta shi a matsayin 'mafi kyawun mai keken hawa a duk tsawon lokaci a Ostiraliya'.[2]

Ya yi nasarar cin tseren mota a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 1948 a Landan da aka yi a shekarar 1948, inda ya samu bugun fenariti sau biyu, kuma an fitar da tawagarsa daga gasar a zagaye na biyu na gasar tseren mita 4000. Ya wakilci Australia a gasar British Empire Games ta 1950 da aka yi a Auckland. Ya lashe zinare a tseren mita 1000 da gwajin lokaci na mita 1000, sannan ya lashe azurfa a tseren mita 4000.

A birnin Paris a watan Yulin 1952, ya lashe gasar Amateur Grand Prix, kuma washegari ya lashe gasar Open Grand Prix, inda ya doke zakaran duniya Reg Harris, wanda ya zama na farko da ya lashe gasar Paris Sprints ta masu son shiga da kuma ta kwararru. Wulakancin da ya yi wa kwararru ya sa aka hana masu son shiga gasar tsawon shekaru da dama. Daga baya a wannan shekarar, ya sake lashe gasar cin kofin Club Muratti ta Manchester Wheelers, inda ya doke Reg Harris.

 Manazarta 
Marriages: Mockridge—Riley, The Argus,(Saturday, 5 December 1925), p.13.
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1928