Jack Swart (born 1954) is a former New Zealand road cyclist.

In the 1978 Commonwealth Games he competed in the 4000m team pursuit, coming 2nd for silver; and the 4000m individual pursuit. .

Jack Swart

In the 1982 Commonwealth Games he competed in the Team time trial, coming 3rd for bronze; and the Road Race, coming 15th.

Jack Swart

He was not chosen for the 1984 Summer Olympics despite a world-class performance in the Coors International in Colorado, the selectors apparently regarded him as a tour rider not an individual racer despite having won two New Zealand road championships.

Jack Swart

He was described as "the blond-haired giant of New Zealand cycling for the best part of a decade through to 1986". Swart and Blair Stockwell were the only two riders to win the "Dulux North Island Tour" three times.

He was born in Tuakau to a dairy farmer from the Netherlands; his younger brother Stephen Swart was also a champion road cyclist.

Honorific eponym

Swart Lane, in the Hamilton suburb of Chartwell, is named in Jack Swart's honour.

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Living people

1954 births

New Zealand male cyclists

Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand

Cyclists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Cyclists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

People from Tuakau

Commonwealth Games medallists in cycling

Sportspeople from Waikato

20th-century New Zealand people

Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games

Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games