Tejvan Pettinger
Tejvan Pettinger (born Richard Pettinger, 11 November 1976 in London, United Kingdom) is a British cyclist successful in UK hill-climbs and time trials. He works as an economics teacher and lives in Oxford. Biography. Pettinger was born in Runnymede, Surrey, but spent most of his time growing up in Menston, West Yorkshire. When he was young he did some cycling and cross-country running. He started cycling aged 14, riding for Otley CC. He went to Bradford Grammar School and then Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where he read PPE. Pettinger has been a student of the spiritual  master Sri Chinmoy since 1999. He adopted the name Tejvan from Sri Chinmoy (a Sanskrit word representing dynamism, enthusiasm and self-giving). Pettinger was a member of the Oxford University CC during the late 1990s. After an illness he started running, but then injured his knee. In 2003, he resumed cycling, starting racing in 2004.