Maxwell Langshaw

Maxwell Langshaw
Personal information
Bornc.1941[1]
Sydney, Australia
Medal record
Track cycling
Representing  Australia
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1962 Perth Men's Pursuit

Maxwell Langshaw (born c.1941) was an Australian cyclist who won a gold medal at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games (now Commonwealth Games).[2]

Biography

Langshaw represented the 1962 Australian team at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in his home country of Perth, Australia,[3] where he won the gold medal in the individual pursuit race.[4][5]

Langshaw was a flying instructor in Sydney for five years and then worked for an airline company in Melbourne before moving to Sunbury in 1979. He retired from flying in 2006.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Saab Captain Max Langshaw retires after 32 years with Kendell and Rex". The Rex Group. 14 July 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  2. ^ "Maxwell Langshaw". Commonwealth Games Australia. 18 June 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  3. ^ "Cycling Road Road Race - Men Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Cycling". Birmingham Daily Post. 29 November 1962. p. 12. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Cycling". Liverpool Daily Post. 30 November 1962. p. 23. Retrieved 30 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Max Langshaw on spending much of his life in the clouds". Star Weekly. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2025.