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.

Graeme Gilmore

Graeme Gilmore after winning the 1974 Grote Prijs Raf Jonckheere in Westrozebeke.
Personal information
Full name	Graeme Gilmore
Born	(1945-06-29) 29 June 1945 (age 79) Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1962–1967	Malvern Star Cycles
1968	Flandria - De Clerck - Krüger
1968–1969	Mackeson - Whitbread
1970	Mackeson - Condor
1970	Peycom - Visser
1971	Individual (Unknown)
1972	Bantel
1973	Falcon
1974	Munck - Beck's
1974–1975	IJsboerke - Colner
1976–1977	Lodewijcks Cycles

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.^[1] Gilmore was awarded Australian Cyclist of the Year 1972.

Gilmore was a successful track rider on the European Six-day racing scene.