Bernie Willock
Personal information
BornVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
Team information
DisciplineRoad racing
Major wins
1980 Canadian Championships
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Canadian National Road Race Championships
Gold medal – first place1980Road race
Pan American Games
Representing  Canada
Bronze medal – third place1979 Puerto RicoTeam time trial

Bernard Willock is a Canadian businessman and former cyclist. Willock has worked as the President and CEO of Food for the Hungry Canada, and owned La-Z-Boy licensed furniture stores. As a cyclist, Willock won the 1980 Canadian National Road Race Championships, and was part of the Canadian team that came third in the team time trial event at the 1979 Pan American Games. He was scheduled to compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics, until Canada joined the boycott of the event, and competed at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.

Cycling career

Willock was a member of Victoria Wheelers cycling club.[1] Willock was part of the Canadian team, alongside Eon D'Ornellas, Pierre Harvey and Normand St-Aubin, that came third in the team time trial event at the 1979 Pan American Games.[1] In 1980, Willock won the Canadian National Road Race Championships.[2] He was in the British Columbian team that came second in the Canadian Provincial 100 km team time trial. British Columbia lost the race's lead to Quebec after being incorrectly directed by the course motorbikes, which led to a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) diversion.[3]

Willock qualified to compete in the road race and team time trial events at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.[2] In June 1980, Canada joined the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, and so Willock was unable to attend the Games.[4] Willock was critical of the boycott, saying that the only outcome of it was the retaliatory 1984 Summer Olympics boycott.[2] In 1981, Willock won the Whistler two-day 220 km cycle race, finishing ahead of his brother Martin.[5][6] He was also part of the British Columbian team that won the 1981 Canadian Provincial 100 km team time trial,[3] and also came fifth at that year's Gastown Grand Prix.[7]

Willock was part of the Canadian team that came seventh in the team event at the 1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Leicester, England, and eleventh at the team time trial event at the 1982 UCI Road World Championships.[8] He competed in the team time trial event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games, Australia, where Canada finished sixth.[9]

Willock retired from cycling after the 1982 Commonwealth Games.[2] He later coached his brother Martin,[10] and was also a coach at the Victoria Wheelers club.[2] In 1988, he returned to cycling on a casual basis.[2]

Business career

In 1999, Willock and a friend set up a La-Z-Boy licensed furniture store in Victoria.[11] They later opened another store in Nanaimo in 2003.[12] In 2011, Willock retired from the furniture business and sold his shares in the stores.[13] In 2014, Willock became the President and CEO of Food for the Hungry Canada.[14]

Personal life

Willock is from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[2] He is the brother of Martin Willock who competed for Canada in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[10] His niece Erinne Willock competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tomsett shares pistol gold; Willock gets cycling bronze". Times Colonist. 3 July 1979. p. 12. Retrieved 7 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Cyclists' Olympic goal in sight". Times Colonist. 18 April 1988. p. 15. Retrieved 7 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 "Seniors find key to victory". Vancouver Sun. 30 July 1981. p. 33. Retrieved 16 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. 1 2 "Games boycott should use dollars, not athletes". Times Colonist. Victoria, British Columbia: Canada.com. 12 April 2008. Archived from the original on 28 August 2015. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
  5. ↑ "Willock pushes for team spot". The Province. 7 July 1983. p. 16. Retrieved 16 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Willocks in a sweep". Times Colonist. 13 July 1981. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Hayman flying in Gastown". The Province. 4 August 1981. p. 20. Retrieved 16 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "The kids of summer head Down Under". Maclean's. 27 September 1982. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Bernard Willock". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  10. 1 2 "Idyllic setting provides training for tough ground". Times Colonist. 19 July 1984. p. 12. Retrieved 16 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Local team's vision and experience impressed La-Z-Boy". Times Colonist. 24 September 1999. p. 26. Retrieved 7 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "La-Z-Boy furniture has grand opening". Nanaimo Daily News. 22 September 2003. p. 3. Retrieved 7 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Employees buy into La-z-boy Galleries". Times Colonist. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2021 – via PressReader.
  14. ↑ "Bernie's on Board!". Food for the Hungry. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
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