Hubert Opperman

Australian racing cyclist (1904-1996) · Australia · On the map · Athletes · Died at 91

Sir Hubert Ferdinand Opperman, OBE, referred to as Oppy by Australian and French crowds, was an Australian cyclist and politician, whose endurance cycling feats in the 1920s and 1930s earned him international acclaim.

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Hubert Opperman, cyclist, Australia, ca. 1925

Cr George Handley, Mayor and Hubert Opperman in Wangaratta, 15 November 1927 after Opperman won the first stage of the Dunlop Grand Prix

Opperman having ice cream with Valda Unthank. Advertisement for Peters Ice Cream.[32]

Hubert Opperman, Minister for Immigration, and his wife, visiting Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (1965)

Hubert Opperman's statue in Rochester, Victoria

Awards

Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Knight Bachelor

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Australia

Athletes from Australia 6

Jay McCarthy46.2 of 100

Neil Stephens46.2 of 100

Dayne Zorko44.4 of 100

Shelley Nitschke46.2 of 100

Irina Lashko46.2 of 100

Daniela Costian46.2 of 100