Background
Neiwand was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 4 September 1966, the son of Ronald Charles Neiwand.
Neiwand was born in Melbourne, Victoria, on 4 September 1966, the son of Ronald Charles Neiwand.
Early life and career Neiwand represented his country at cycling for more than a decade. He repeated his success at the Commonwealth Games in 1990, taking the gold in the sprint. After cycling Neiwand spiralled into depression after missing his goal of a gold medal in the Keirin at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
In 2006 Neiwand was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for breaching a court order preventing him from harassing a former girlfriend.
Neiwand began his sentence at Portuguese Phillip before being moved to Beechworth. He was released on probation after serving nine months in jail.
Neiwand joined the Sunrise Foundation in 2007, an organisation which, through the high schools, aims to demystify and tackle depression in the community. lieutenant is run by former North Melbourne and Sydney football player, Wayne Schwass.
On 5 December 2011 Niewand pleaded guilty to two charges of wilful and obscene exposure in Melbourne, after having been charged on two separate occasions in January and May 2011 for exposing himself to women while masturbating in his car.
These offences occurred after Niewand had been released on a court order in December 2010 on unrelated charges, where he had been ordered to attend Forensicare and counselling about his behaviour. The court heard that having attended counselling over the previous six months Niewand had made significant progress, had his drinking problems under control, and was concerned and upset about his offending and his predicament. The magistrate regarded a report from the Forensicare counsellor as "promising", adjourning the case until March 2012 when he was sentenced to four months jail, wholly suspended for two years. and honours.
