{{short description|Irish cyclist (c.1933–2018)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Colm Christle | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Colm Christle | nickname = | birth_date = c. 1933 | birth_place = Dublin | death_date = {{death date|2018|10|28|df=yes}} | death_place = Dublin | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = Rider | ridertype = | show-medals = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = James’s Gate Cycling Club | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | proyears2 = | proteam2 = | majorwins = Rás Tailteann, 1953 | medaltemplates = | updated = }}
'''Colm Christle''' (c. 1933 – 28 October 2018) was an Irish cyclist. He was most famous for winning the first Rás Tailteann, in 1953.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9gvVtwEACAAJ&q=%22Colm+Christle%22|title=Behind the Yellow Jersey: Racing in the Shadows of Kelly and Roche|first=Michael|last=Cusack|date=2 June 2018|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform|via=Google Books|isbn=9781542631129|access-date=29 July 2021|archive-date=28 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105352/https://books.google.com/books?id=9gvVtwEACAAJ&q=%22Colm+Christle%22|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Daly |first=Tom |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QO7upwAACAAJ&q=%22Colm+Christle%22 |title=The Rás: The Story of Ireland's Unique Bike Race |date=2012 |publisher=Collins Press |isbn=978-1-84889-148-7 |language=en |access-date=27 March 2022 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105352/https://books.google.ie/books?id=QO7upwAACAAJ&dq=%22Colm+Christle%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_hOWezP_fAhU1rXEKHS_6BnUQ6AEIMTAB |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Early life==
Colm Christle was born in Dublin. He worked for the Dublin Corporation and provided legal advice for the Electricity Supply Board.
==Career==
Christle did not learn to cycle until he was 17. He cycled with the James's Gate Cycling Club. At 19 he won the O'Dowd Cup, a Dublin–Drogheda race. Christle won the 100-mile men's road race at the Irish National Cycling Championships in 1953 and 1954.<ref name="stickybottle.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/colm-christle-ras-tailteann/|title=First Rás Tailteann winner Colm Christle has died in Dublin|date=29 October 2018|website=Sticky Bottle|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044856/http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/colm-christle-ras-tailteann/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcycling.com/web/publish/tommycampbell/INTERVIEW_WITH_THE_INAUGURAL_RAS_WINNER_COLM_CHRIS_6301.shtml|title=INTERVIEW WITH THE INAUGURAL RAS WINNER COLM CHRISTLE|website=www.irishcycling.com|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044150/http://www.irishcycling.com/web/publish/tommycampbell/INTERVIEW_WITH_THE_INAUGURAL_RAS_WINNER_COLM_CHRIS_6301.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1953 he won the inaugural Rás Tailteann.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rastailteann.com/event/printer_931.shtml|title=The Men Of The Rås|website=www.rastailteann.com|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=27 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193436/http://www.rastailteann.com/event/printer_931.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/rastailteann/photos/a.520876344756799/604509613060138/?type=3|title=Rás Tailteann|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=28 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328105352/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Frastailteann%2Fphotos%2Fa.520876344756799%2F604509613060138%2F%3Ftype%3D3|url-status=live}}</ref> The demands of his legal studies caused Christle to retire from cycling in 1958.<ref name="stickybottle.com"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1958/0407/Pg009.html#Ar00912|title=Clan Brugha Take Team Prize|date=7 April 1958|newspaper=Irish Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishpeloton.com/2012/09/irelands-mythological-race-the-ras-tailteann/|title=Ireland's mythological race - The Rás Tailteann|date=26 September 2012|publisher=|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122043941/http://www.irishpeloton.com/2012/09/irelands-mythological-race-the-ras-tailteann/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Later life==
Christle became a barrister. He married Anna Callanan and had five children.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/anna-christle-templeogue-dublin/316595|title=Death Notice of Anna CHRISTLE (née Callanan)|website=RIP.ie|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044310/https://rip.ie/death-notice/anna-christle-templeogue-dublin/316595|url-status=live}}</ref> He died on 28 October 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rip.ie/death-notice/colm-christle-b.a.-b.l.-drimnagh-dublin/369169|title=Death Notice of Colm CHRISTLE B.A. B.L.|website=RIP.ie|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=22 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044339/https://rip.ie/death-notice/colm-christle-b.a.-b.l.-drimnagh-dublin/369169|url-status=live}}</ref>
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