Ken Webb

Athlete

1929 –

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Who is Ken Webb?

Ken Webb is an English cyclist who at 42 claimed the world record for distance cycled in a year. He calculated he passed the 75,065 miles set by another Briton, Tommy Godwin on 7 August 1972 and that he finished the year with 80,647. He rode on to claim the record for 100,000 miles in 448 days. Both records appeared in the Guinness Book of Records but were later removed.

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1929

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on July 23, 2013

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