David Gillow
Zimbabwean cyclist (born 1958)
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David Gillow (born 16 April 1958) is a Zimbabwean former cyclist.[2] He was born in Folkestone, Kent, and moved to Rhodesia at the age of 13[1] where he fought in the Rhodesian Civil War as a helicopter gunner.[3]
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| Born | 16 April 1958 Folkestone, Kent, England[1] |
Gillow was a competitive cyclist in Zimbabwe, and in 1980 was one was of the first Zimbabwean cyclists to appear at the Olympic Games, together with Michael McBeath and John Musa.[1][4] He competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics,[5][6][7] being granted two weeks of leave from his army job.[8] His daughter Shara Gillow competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics for Australia.[6][9]
