Daniel "Danny" Clark OAM (born 30 August 1951 in George Town, Tasmania, Australia) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Australia, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five world championships and at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, came second in the 1,000m time trial. Clark was often fastest finishing rider in six-day races, especially as Patrick Sercu slowed after the mid-1970s. Clark and the British rider, Tony Doyle, won many six-day races. Clark enjoyed the party atmosphere of the races, and continued to work in them as a Derny pacer after retiring. Biography Clark began cycling on a bike borrowed from a local enthusiast, which he used for three months before acquiring his eldest brother's semi-racer. He became one of the most successful riders in six-day racing in the 1970s and 1980s, winning 74 races, second to Patrick Sercu's 88. Most of these wins came after a crash in the 1983 Frankfurt six-day which broke his hip. Clark still carries a plate inserted to help the fracture heal and said that when sprinting or climbing, only his right leg delivered full power. Clark won the Australian one-mile penny-farthing championship in Evandale, Tasmania, in 1989, beating the Briton Doug Pinkerton and Matthew Driver. He lives in Surfers Paradise, near Brisbane. Major results Olympic Games Munich 1972: Silver kilomètre World championships Besançon 1980: Keirin Brno 1981: Keirin Silver, points Leicester 1982: Silver, keirin Zurich 1983: Silver, keirin Bassano del Grappa 1985: Silver, Motor-paced Vienna 1987: Silver, motor-paced Ghent 1988: Motor-paced Maebashi 1990: Bronze, motor-paced Bronze, points Stuttgart 1991: Motor-paced Six-days Nouméa: 1972 with Malcom Hill Sydney: 1974 with Frank Atkins Ghent: 1976, 1979, 1982 with Don Allan, 1986 with Tony Doyle, 1987, 1994 with Etienne De Wilde, 1990 with Roland Günther Münster: 1977, 1980 with Don Allan, 1988 with Tony Doyle Rotterdam: 1977, 1978, 1985 with René Pijnen, 1981 with Don Allan, 1986 with Francesco Moser, 1987 with Pierangelo Bincoletto, 1988 with Tony Doyle Antwerp: 1978 with Freddy Maertens, 1987 with Etienne De Wilde London: 1978, 1980 with Don Allan Copenhagen: 1978 with Don Allan, 1986, 1987 with Tony Doyle, 1989, 1992 with Urs Freuler, 1990, 1991 with Jens Veggerby, 1995 with Jimmi Madsen Herning: 1978, 1982 with Don Allan Bremen: 1979 with René Pijnen, 1987 with Dietrich Thurau, 1988 with Tony Doyle, 1990 with Roland Günther, 1994 with Andreas Kappes