Richard John Pettinger (born 11 November 1976), better known as Tejvan Pettinger, is a British cyclist successful in UK hill-climbs and time trials. He works as an economics teacher and lives in Oxford.^[1]

Pettinger was born in Runnymede, Surrey, but spent most of his time growing up in Menston, West Yorkshire. When he was young he did some cycling and cross-country running. He started cycling aged 14, riding for Otley CC. He went to Bradford Grammar School and then Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford where he read PPE.

Pettinger has been a student of the spiritual master Sri Chinmoy since 1999. He adopted the name Tejvan from Sri Chinmoy (a Sanskrit word representing dynamism, enthusiasm and self-giving).^[2][3]

Pettinger was a member of the Oxford University CC during the late 1990s.^[1][4][5] After an illness he started running, but then injured his knee. In 2003, he resumed cycling and started racing in 2004.^[6]

• 2013 British National Hill Climb Championships, 1st ^[4][5][6][7]
• 2014 UK national 100 mile time trial championship, 3rd ^[5][6]

• Pettinger: Happiness Will Follow You (2011), ISBN 978-8866061021
• Pettinger: Cracking Economics Octopus Press (2016), ISBN 978-1844039319
• Pettinger: What Would Keynes Do? Octopus Press (2017), ISBN 978-1844039807
• Pettinger: Economics Without the Boring Bits (2021), ISBN 978-1787396128

• tejvan.co.uk
• Video : British Time Trial Championship, 2015