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Peter Keen

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British cyclist, coach and performance director

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According to Wikipedia, Peter Keen CBE is a former cyclist, coach, and now performance director. Keen was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. In 1980 he won the schoolboy 10-mile time-trial championships. That led selection by the British Cycling Federation for the national track squad, despite having no track experience. Keen was educated at John Hampden Grammar School, before completing a sports studies degree at University College Chichester, where he began studying human performance from an academic perspective. He went on to complete a Master of Philosophy degree in Exercise Physiology at Loughborough University, and devised a research programme on the physical limitations to pursuit racing. He wrote to British Cycling asking if they wanted to get involved in the trials. They agreed to send some junior riders. Simultaneously, Keen was working as a senior lecturer in exercise physiology at University College Chichester and the University of Brighton.

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