Georgy Goncharov

Honorary RCTC member

Georgy Goncharov was born in 1930. Now used to teach Turkish in the Diplomatic Academy in Moscow. The Guinness Record Book breaker. He did more than 70 bicycle trips for 48 years.

• In 2002 he crossed Canada from Vancouver to Halifax ( 6962 km in 38 days).
• In 2003 he crossed Great Britain from South to North.
• In 2004 he crossed US from West to East (San Francisco - New York).
• In 2005 he cycled around Australia (12600 km in 87 days)

144 000 km for 44 years

Georgy with Pope John Paul II

Routes of Georgy in the USSR

In 2002 Georgy crossed Canada from Vancouver to Halifax (6962 km in 38 days)

Georgy thanks Christine Rousseu (Canada) and Russian air company Aeroflot for having made it possible to make this ride.

Nova-Scotia Chronicle Gerald: Moscovite Russian around quite nicely on two wheels

The Great Britain trip of Georgy in 2003

Russian OAP saddles up for tour of Scotland (the article in the Press and Journal)

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