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] He competed in one Grand Tour in his career: the 1995 Vuelta a España, where he finished 50th overall.
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| Born | 11 September 1966 Smiltene, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1994 | Trident–Schick | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Novell–Decca–Colnago | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Mróz | ||||||||||||||
| 2000 | Mat–Ceresit–CCC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
Major results
edit- 1988
- 3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 1st Stages 5 & 7
- 1989
- 1st Overall Rás Tailteann[2]
- 1st Stages 4 & 9 (ITT)
- 1st Stage 5 Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stages 3 & 4 Girobio
- 1992
- 1st Overall Regio-Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd
Road race, Summer Olympics - 1993
- 3rd Overall GP Tell
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Stage 4
- 1994
- 1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Stages 5 (ITT) & 7
- 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix François Faber
- 8th Overall Tour DuPont
- 1995
- 8th Tour de Berne
- 1996
- 4th Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stage 7
- 1997
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 9
- 1st Overall Tour of Małopolska
- 6th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 8th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
- 10th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1998
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1999
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Saaremaa Velotuur
- 1st Stage 6 (ITT)
- 2000
- 1st Stage 9 Peace Race
- 2nd National Time Trial Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Austria
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rás Tailteann".
External links
edit- Dainis Ozols at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Dainis Ozols at ProCyclingStats
- Dainis Ozols at CycleBase
- Dainis Ozols at Olympics.com
- Dainis Ozols at Olympedia
- Dainis Ozols at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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