He won the Dundee grand Prix in 1956 and various trophies and medals for other events throughout the UK including both the British Cycling Federation and British grass track championships.
Personal lifeEdit
Neville was born in Burton Constable, East Riding of Yorkshire, but brought up in Winterton, Lincolnshire.[4] His wife, whilst swimming was rescued from the Caribbean currents as she got into difficulty; Welshman Nick Dibble, 63 years of age at the time, swam out and risked his own life to save hers.[5][6][7][8][9] Having set up and run a successful construction and roofing business, Tong retired in 2013 and spent his retirement living in Scotter with his wife Joan.[4]
Tong died on 15 June 2019 from a heart attack after stopping during a bike ride.[10]
ReferencesEdit
^"Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
neville, tong, 1934, june, 2019, english, cyclist, personal, informationnationality, englandbornfourth, quarter, 1934burton, constable, east, riding, yorkshire, englanddied15, june, 2019, aged, sportsportcyclingmedal, record, cyclingrepresenting, englandbritis. Neville Tong 1934 15 June 2019 was an English cyclist Neville TongPersonal informationNationality EnglandBornFourth quarter 1934Burton Constable East Riding of Yorkshire EnglandDied15 June 2019 aged 85 SportSportCyclingMedal record CyclingRepresenting EnglandBritish Empire amp Commonwealth Games1958 Cardiff 1 Km time trialCycling career EditHe represented England and won a gold medal in the 1 Km time trial at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff Wales 1 2 3 He won the Dundee grand Prix in 1956 and various trophies and medals for other events throughout the UK including both the British Cycling Federation and British grass track championships Personal life EditNeville was born in Burton Constable East Riding of Yorkshire but brought up in Winterton Lincolnshire 4 His wife whilst swimming was rescued from the Caribbean currents as she got into difficulty Welshman Nick Dibble 63 years of age at the time swam out and risked his own life to save hers 5 6 7 8 9 Having set up and run a successful construction and roofing business Tong retired in 2013 and spent his retirement living in Scotter with his wife Joan 4 Tong died on 15 June 2019 from a heart attack after stopping during a bike ride 10 References Edit Athletes and results Commonwealth Games Federation 1958 Athletes Team England This is Scunthorpe Neville s looking pleased a b Almond John February 2013 Nev Tong The wheel deal Lincolnshire Life Retrieved 6 July 2019 GBRA Athletics Winterton Council website Cycling Archives Google news listings Magazine Cycling and Mopeds 10 September 1958 World Championships Neville Tong Gold medal winning North Lincolnshire cyclist died during bike ride grimsbytelegraph 3 July 2019 Retrieved 3 July 2019 nbsp This biographical article related to English cycling is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Neville Tong amp oldid 1140209716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
