Anthony Peden
New Zealand cyclist
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Anthony Peden (born 15 September 1970) is a New Zealand cyclist. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the Men's keirin and the men's sprint.[1] Peden was the head sprint coach at Cycling New Zealand from 2013 until his resignation in 2018. His resignation prompted an independent review of bullying allegations within Cycling New Zealand.[2] The Heron report found that Peden had an inappropriate personal relationship with a female athlete and was involved in "numerous instances of bullying" while sprint coach.[3] Peden is now the Head Sprint Coach of the Chinese National track cycling team.[4][5][6]
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| Born | 15 September 1970 | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Cycling | ||||||||||||||
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Peden won the coach of the year award at the 2014 Halberg Awards.[7]
Personal life
In 2011 he married Nicholle Bailey in Copenhagen.[8] Despite that, while engaged as a coach, Peden had an extra-marital affair with one of the team's athletes.[9]
