Dainis Ozols
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Dainis Ozols (born 11 September 1966) is a former professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 194 km road race, finishing in 4:32:24, 3 seconds behind Erik Dekker of the Netherlands and 4 seconds behind the winner Fabio Casartelli of Italy.[1]
His surname is often misspelled as Ozolos and he is often incorrectly identified as having Polish or Lithuanian Nationality.[citation needed] Early in his amateur career, he did race as a national of the USSR.
Palmares
1992
- Bronze medal - Olympic Games road race, Barcelona, Spain
- winner - Regio-Tour, Germany
1993
1994 - Trident (Belgium)
- winner - Circuit Franco-Belge, Belgium
1995 - Novell (the Netherlands)
- 20th - La Flèche Wallonne, Belgium (classic)
- 50th - Vuelta a España
- 63rd - Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Belgium (world cup)
1996
- 92nd - Olympic Games road race, Atlanta, USA
1997 - MROZ (Poland)
- winner - Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Germany
- winner - Tour of Małopolska
- 26th - World Championships time trial, San Sebastian, Spain
- 64th - World Championships road race, San Sebastian, Spain
- 65th - Danmark Rundt
1998 - MROZ (Poland)
- 29th - World Championships time trial, Valkenburg, the Netherlands
- dnf - World Championships road race, Valkenburg, the Netherlands
1999 - MROZ (Poland)
2000 - Mat Ceresit-CCC (Poland)
- 1st, Stage 9, Peace Race
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dainis Ozols Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
External links
- Dainis Ozols at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (archived) (in Latvian)
- Dainis Ozols at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Dainis Ozols at Olympics.com
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