Tom Morris

Born in Scotland in 1944, Tom Morris later moved to Canada where he became a three-time national cycling champion. Morris was a mainstay for Canada at the World Championships, competing at every edition from 1969 to 1976. In 1970 he represented Canada at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, before being selected to ride at the 1972 München Olympics. At the Games he placed 23rd in the team time trial and 62nd in the road race, finishing in the main peloton who were two-and-a-half minutes behind the winner in the latter.

Morris was again selected to compete at the British Commonwealth Games, this time in 1970 in Christchurch, New Zealand. Now coming near to the end of his cycling career, he then set himself an ambitious target of cycling 7,000 miles in six months to earn a place on the Olympic team for the 1976 Montréal Games. Morris achieved his goal and went on to win four of the six selection races for the Games, once again riding in the road race and team time trial.

After retiring from cycling Morris turned to triathlon, competing at two Ironman events in Hawaii, in addition to winning in his age group at an event in New Zealand. In recognition of his cycling career, he was named the Victoria Male Athlete of the Year in 1972, before being inducted into the Greater Victoria Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.