He turned professional in 1894 and won the sprint championship of France.
He became a junior in 1931 and won the national sprint championship.
In 1995, the sprint championship was split up into two weight categories.
Ryan came second in the world amateur sprint championship in 1913.
He twice came second in the world professional sprint championship and held the English title and several records.
In 1922, 1923 and 1926, he won the American Sprint Championship.
He won a bronze medal at the 1980 Sprint Championships.
Brown won by 3.1 seconds and took the top ranking for jayvee crews going into the sprint championships.
Arie van Vliet won the world's professional sprint championship in 1936 and 1938.
All she needed to do to win the $1.2 million Sprint Championship was to two-putt for bogey from 4 feet.
