{{Short description|British cyclist (1968–2015)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox cyclist |name = Gary Dighton |image = |caption = |fullname = Gary John Dighton |birth_date = {{birth date|1968|5|18|df=yes}} |birth_place = Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England |death_date = {{death date and age|2015|1|9|1968|5|18|df=yes}} |death_place = Poole, England |height = 6 ft 3in |weight = |discipline = |role = |ridertype = Time Trialist |amateuryears1 = |amateurteam1 = |proyears1 = 1990–199? |proteam1 = Manchester Wheelers Trumans Steel |proyears2 = 199?–1999 |proteam2 = Leo Road Club Shorter Rochford |majorwins = }}
'''Gary John Dighton''' (18 May 1968 – 9 January 2015) was a British cyclist. He competed in the team time trial at the 1992 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{Cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/gary-dighton-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041819/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/di/gary-dighton-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Gary Dighton Olympic Results |access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref> Dighton won the British Best All-Rounder championship in 1990<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cycling Time Trials: BBAR - Men - Individual |url=https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/articles/view/152 |website=www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk |date=10 December 2016 |access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref> and broke the competition record for the 25-mile time trial in 1991 with a time of 48.07. The same year he rode to victory in the National 100 mile TT championship.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cycling Time Trials: Championships - Men - Individual 100 mile TT |url=https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/articles/view/147#100 |website=www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk |date=10 November 2016 |access-date=3 December 2019}}</ref>
==Death== Gary Dighton was living near Wareham, Dorset, when he took his own life in early January 2015, at the age of 46. He is said to have been suffering from bouts of depression for some years.<ref>[https://road.cc/content/news/140365-tributes-paid-olympic-tt-rider-gary-dighton-who-has-died-age-46 Road.cc site on 16 January 2015. Retrieved 11 July 2020.]</ref><ref name="CW">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/british-olympian-time-triallist-gary-dighton-dies-aged-46-152064 |title=British Olympian time trialist Gary Dighton dies, aged 46 |work=Cycling Weekly |date=12 January 2015 |access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="road">{{Cite web |url=http://road.cc/content/news/140365-tributes-paid-olympic-tt-rider-gary-dighton-who-has-died-age-46 |title=Tributes paid to Olympic TT rider Gary Dighton, who has died at age of 46 |work=Road.cc |date=13 January 2015 |access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref>
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