In the background is an official Olympic flag that was flown at Tokyo and was brought home by John as a souvenir from the Games.
| Olympian's Name: | John Hine |
| Home town: | Geelong |
| Olympic Sport: | Cycling |
| Olympic Games: | 1964, Tokyo |
| Age now: | 60 years old |
| Age when competeing in the Olympics: | 24 years old |
| This picture is of John Hine racing just before he left for the Olympic Games. He is on the inside and making his move about 20 metres from the finish. He was able to get up and beat another Olympian Don Wilson (on the left) and Mick Hollingsworth (centre). |  |
| Early Life: | John Hine played cricket, football and tennis when he was young. He was small for his age and was not very good at these sports. He went for a ride with his friends and decided he liked it, so he took up riding a bike in competitions. |
| Highlights: | He won the race Melbourne to Warrnambool road race in 1980, when he was 20. He also won two bronze medals at the Jamaican Commonwealth Games and a silver medal at the Perth Commonwealth Games. |
| After The Olympics | John kept cycling in competitions for many years and went on to coach the Australian Olympic cycling team at the 1976 Olympic Games. John has recently retired from a job as an industrial chemist at CSIRO. John will not be going to the Sydney Games because he thinks that it will be chaotic getting around Sydney. He will watch it on TV because he thinks it is the easiest way to see the Olympics. John has been to many Veterans Games and has won lots of medals. |
| Tips for success: | John says you shouldn’t get too disappointed over your losses. You should work out what went wrong and try harder the next time. If you lose because you don’t do as well as you should, you should feel a bit disappointed. If you do as well as you can, you should be happy with yourself, no matter position you finish. |