Burton Downing
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Infobox cyclist tracking".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Burton Cecil Downing (February 5, 1885 – January 1, 1929) was an American racing cyclist who competed in the early twentieth century. An all round cycling talent, he competed in cycling at the 1904 Summer Olympics and won two gold medals in the 25 miles and the two miles, three silver medals in the <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄4 mile, <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄3 mile and one mile races and a bronze medal in the <templatestyles src="Fraction/styles.css" />1⁄2 mile race.[1][2]
In later years Downing served as president of the George B. Spearin, Inc. construction company. While serving in this role he contracted pneumonia, which developed into meningitis. He died in Red Bank, New Jersey.[3][4]
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- 1885 births
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- American male cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in cycling
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in cycling
- Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American sportsmen