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Iver Lawson (cyclist)

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Iver Lawson
Personal information
Full nameIver Georg Lawson
Born(1879-07-01)July 1, 1879
Norrköping, Sweden
DiedNovember 9, 1960(1960-11-09) (aged 81)
Provo, Utah, U.S.
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1904 London Sprint

Iver Georg Lawson (July 1, 1879 – November 9, 1960) was an American professional track cyclist.[1] He won the sprint event at the 1904 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.

Biography

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Iver Lawson was born on July 1, 1879, in Norrköping, Sweden to Lars Gustaf Larsson and Emma Sofia Sundberg. He had two brothers, Gus Lawson and John Lawson.[2]

In 1901 Lawson won the ten-mile championship in Buffalo, New York.[3] In 1902 he lost to Frank Louis Kramer.[4]

In 1905 Lawson also won the National Cycle Association's quarter-mile championship race at Vailsburg in Newark, New Jersey.[5]

In an incident, which occurred in February 1904 at an event in Australia, Major Taylor (an African American cyclist) was seriously injured on the final turn of a race when fellow competitor Lawson deliberately veered his bicycle toward Taylor and collided with his front wheel. Taylor crashed and lay unconscious on the track before he was taken to a local hospital and later made a full recovery. Lawson was suspended from racing anywhere in the world for a year as a result of his actions.

Lawson died on November 9, 1960, in Provo, Utah, after falling from a window.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ Hurst, Robert (October 2006). The Art of Cycling: A Guide to Bicycling in 21st-Century America. ISBN 9780762751976.
  2. ^ "Iver Lawson to Race In Paris". San Francisco Call. March 16, 1902.
  3. ^ "Iver Lawson's Big Victory. Salt Lake Bicycle Rider Wins the Ten-mile Championship at Buffalo Today, in Competition With Taylor and Kramer". The Deseret News. August 16, 1901. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  4. ^ "Cycling at New York". Los Angeles Herald. July 5, 1902. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
  5. ^ "Iver Lawson Is Cycle Champion". San Francisco Call. August 20, 1905. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
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