Today we had our Duffy Role Model assembly in our school hall.Our Duffy role model was Myron Simpson and he won a silver medal at the 2007 Junior World Championship in Mexico.
Myron Simpson is a professional road cyclist and track cyclist.He started cycling at the age of 3 because he wanted to be like his older brothers because they were Bmx Riders.
In 2013 Myron Simpson was injured in one of his races so they forced him to come back to New Zealand and he had an injury in his shoulder.
His team was Australian team named Team Budget Forklift and his other team was Team Differdange-Losch he has been in over 1000 races in all his years of racing.
He came fourth placing in the 1000m time trial at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. Myron switched to road cycling. He even has his own breakfast cereal named Myron’s Muesli.
