Tejvan Pettinger
Tejvan Pettinger (born Richard Pettinger, November 11, 1976 in London, United Kingdom) is a cyclist and competes in UK time trials. He works as a Economics teacher and lives in Oxford.[1]
Biography
Tejvan was born in Runnymeade, England, but spend most of his time growing up in Menston, West Yorkshire. When he was young he did a bit cycling and cross-country running. He started cycling at age 14 and riding for Otley CC. He want to Bradford Grammar School and then Lady Margret Hall, Oxford University where he read PPE. He becam a student of the spiritual master Sri Chinmoy since 1999. He adopted the name Tejvan from Sri Chinmoy (a Sanskrit word represents dynamism, enthusiasm and self-giving).[2][3] And he was a member of the Oxford University CC during the late 1990s.[1][4][5] After an illness he started to running. But he became knee injury. In 2003 he started again with the bike, and in 2004 he started a few races. Since 2010 he cycle more.[6]
Races and Results
- 2013 UK National Hill climb championship, 1st [4][5][6][7]
- 2014 UK national 100 mile time trial championship 3rd [5][6]
Bibliography
- Pettinger: Happiness Will Follow You (2011), ISBN 978-8866061021
References
- 1 2 tejvan.srichinmoycentre.org : "Home page for Tejvan Pettinger". Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- ↑ oxfordtoday.ox.ac.uk : "Uphill Struggle". 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- ↑ cyclingweekly.co.uk : "Storming up the Stang" (PDF). 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2016-03-09.
- 1 2 cyclingweekly.co.uk : "Tejvan Pettinger" (PDF). 2013-11-14. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- 1 2 3 economicshelp.org : "About - Tejvan Pettinger". Retrieved 2016-02-25.
- 1 2 3 cyclinguphill.com : "Tejvan Pettinger". Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ↑ cyclingweekly.co.uk : "Tejvan Pettinger wins national hill-climb title". 2013-10-27. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
External links
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- tejvan.co.uk
- Video : British Time Trial Championship, 2015