Reginald Kenneth "Reg" Braddick (4 August 1913 – December 1999) was a Welsh racing cyclist from Cardiff

Cardiff

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, Wales

Wales

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. He represented Wales

Wales

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 at the 1938 British Empire Games

1938 British Empire Games

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 in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

Australia

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. He won the 1944 national road championship.

His interest in cycling started as a butcher's delivery boy in Cardiff. He opened Reg Braddick Cycles on Broadway, Roath

Roath

Roath is a district in the east/north-east of the city of Cardiff, capital of Wales.It lies just east/north east of the city centre, stretching from Adamsdown in the south to Roath Park in the north. Roath contains the Plasnewydd electoral ward. The name is believed to originate from Irish ráth,...

, Cardiff, in 1945 and had the idea of starting Cardiff Ajax Cycling Club in the flat above the shop. Riders who started with the club include Sally Hodge

Sally Hodge

Sally Hodge is a Welsh former track cyclist from Cardiff, Wales. She was the first ever women's points race world champion at the 1988 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ghent, Belgium. She represented Britain at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and the 1992 Summer Olympics in...

 and Nicole Cooke

Nicole Cooke

Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...

. The shop is now run by his son David, daughter-in-law, Janet, and granddaughter, Suzy.

Palmarés

1944

1st   British National Road Race Championships

British National Road Race Championships

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