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1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1982 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Leicester, the United Kingdom in 1982. Fourteen events were contested, 12 for men (5 for professionals, 7 for amateurs) and 2 for women. Medal summary Medal table References {{Portal bar, Sports, United Kingdom, 1980s Track cycling Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ... UCI Track Cycling World Championships by year Sport in Leicester 1982 in track cycling 1980s in Leicestershire International cycle races hosted by England ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest, England, National Forest. It is situated to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. The population size has increased by 38,800 ( 11.8%) from around 329,800 in 2011 to 368,600 in 2021 making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated Urban area#United Kingdom, urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. Leicester is at the intersection of two railway lines: the Midland Main Line and the Birmingham to London Stansted Airport line. It is also at the confluence of the M1 motorway, M1/M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Hans-Henrik Ørsted (born 13 December 1954 in Grenå) is a Danish former professional track cyclist and multi-medalist in the Olympics and World Championships at pursuit. He raced in many indoor Six-day racing events in Europe. He turned professional following the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal. At the World Championships as a professional, he won 3 gold medals, 3 silver, and 2 bronze. Palmarès ; 1977 : 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Copenhagen ; 1978 : 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Århus : 1st, Points race, National Track Championships, Århus ; 1980 : 3rd, Pursuit, Olympic Games, Moscow : 3rd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Besançon : 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Odense ; 1981 : 1st, Six Days of Dortmund (with Gert Frank) : 1st, Madison, European Track Championships (with Gert Frank) : 2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Brno : 3rd, Grand Prix ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Raasch
Emanuel Raasch (born 16 November 1955) is a German former racing cyclist who competed for the SG Dynamo Magdeburg / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo The Sportvereinigung Dynamo () (''Dynamo Sports Association'') was the sport association of the security agencies (Volkspolizei, Ministry for State Security, fire department and customs) of former East Germany. The association was founded on 27 .... He won many titles during his career. He is a bodybuilder (over 50). References 1955 births Living people People from Burg bei Magdeburg Cyclists from Saxony-Anhalt German male cyclists German track cyclists East German male cyclists People from Bezirk Magdeburg {{Germany-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lothar Thoms
Lothar Thoms (18 May 1956 – 5 November 2017) was a track cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1 km time trial by marking a new indoor world record. His time of 1'02"955 was more than 2 sec better than the previous record of the same year held by Urs Freuler Urs Freuler (born 6 November 1958 in Bilten, Canton of Glarus) is a Swiss cyclist, who raced professionally between 1980 and 1997, during which he won 124 victories. He was named Swiss Sports Personality of the Year in 1982 and 1983. He was bor .... He also won four gold medals in the 1 km time trial (amateurs) at the 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1981 world championships respectively, thus winning all kilo events at the major international competitions in five consecutive years. In 1981 he was elected East German Sportspersonality of the year. References External links * * * 1956 births 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fredy Schmidtke
Fredy Schmidtke (1 July 1961 – 1 December 2017) was a German track cyclist. He won a gold medal in the 1000 metres time trial at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ... and finished eighth in the sprint. Schmidtke died of a heart attack on 1 December 2017, at the age of 56. References External links Profileat DatabaseOlympics.com at Full Olympians 1961 births 2017 deaths German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of West Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Cyclists from Cologne Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics German track cyclists {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 Km Time Trial
The UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km Time Trial is the world championship track cycling time trial event for men, held annually at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Arnaud Tournant and François Pervis of France, Chris Hoy of Great Britain and Stefan Nimke of Germany share the record of most wins with four each. The event was also held at the Summer Olympics from 1928. However, after it was removed from the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ... cycling programme, some cyclists, such as Hoy, decided to concentrate on other events instead. The event was first held at the world championships in 1966, until 1993 it was an amateurs race. Medalists Medal table External linksTrack Cycling World Championships 2016– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Vicino
Bruno Vicino (born 7 September 1952) is former Italian cyclist, now a directeur sportif with the Lampre cycling team. He was a professional from 1982 to 1987. He won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships __FORCETOC__ UCI Track Cycling World Championships in motor-paced racing Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist (or stayer in this case) follows as close as ... three times. References Living people Directeur sportifs 1952 births Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Treviso UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Italian track cyclists {{Italy-cycling-bio-1950s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfried Peffgen
Wilfried Peffgen (1 October 1942 – 11 May 2021) was a German cyclist who was active between 1959 and 1983. Biography He won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships between 1976 and 1982, including three gold medals in 1976, 1978 and 1980. He also won eight European titles in 1971, 1973 and 1976–1981. As a road cyclist, he competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the individual road race and finished in sixth place. The next year, he turned professional. During his career, he took part in 188 six-day races, winning 16 of them, finishing in second place 41 times, and in third place 29 times. He competed four times in the Tour de France with Rudi Altig Rudi Altig (; 18 March 1937 – 11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist who won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television commentator. A ..., in 1967, 1969, 1972 and 1973. He won the German National Roa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Venix
Martinus "Martin" Venix (born 4 March 1950) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. After winning a silver medal at the Amateur UCI Motor-paced World Championships __FORCETOC__ UCI Track Cycling World Championships in motor-paced racing Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist (or stayer in this case) follows as close a ... in 1974 he turned professional, winning the UCI World Championships in 1979 and 1982 and finishing in second place in 1978. References 1950 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Tilburg UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Dutch track cyclists Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's Motor-paced
__FORCETOC__ UCI Track Cycling World Championships in motor-paced racing Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist (or stayer in this case) follows as close as they can to benefit from the slipstream of their pacer. The first paced ... were conducted between 1893 and 1992 for amateurs and 1895–1994 for professionals. These are the results: Amateurs (1893–1992) * In 1988 Vincenzo Colamartino and Roland Renn were disqualified for doping. Professionals (1895–1994) Source: References {{UCI Track Cycling World Championships events Track cycling races UCI motor-paced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Hermann
Roman Hermann (born 27 March 1953 in Schaan) is a Liechtensteiner former cyclist. Major results ;1979 :3rd Derny, UEC European Track Championships ;1980 :1st Six Days of Zürich (with Horst Schütz) ;1981 :1st Six Days of Hanover (with Horst Schütz) :2nd Madison, UEC European Track Championships ;1982 :3rd Points race, UCI World Track Championships ;1984 :1st Six Days of Buenos Aires (with Eduardo Trillini) :2nd Madison, UEC European Track Championships ;1985 :1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Josef Kristen) ;1986 :1st Six Days of Cologne (with Sigmund Hermann) :1st Six Days of Madrid (with Sigmund Hermann) ;1987 :1st Six Days of Münster (with Josef Kristen) :1st Six Days of Stuttgart (with Josef Kristen) :1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Danny Clark) :1st Six Days of Bassano del Grappa (with Moreno Argentino and Anthony Doyle) :1st Madison, UEC European Track Championships (with Josef Kristen ;1988 :1st Six Days of Ghent (with Urs Freuler) :1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Sutton
Gary Sutton (born 27 March 1955) is a cycling coach and a former professional racing cyclist. In 1980, Sutton became the amateur World Champion in the Points Race. Sutton was born in Moree, New South Wales. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was one of the four men to win gold in the team pursuit for Australia at the 1978 Commonwealth Games along with his brother, Shane Sutton, who has worked as National Technical Director for British Cycling. Gary is also the father of Christopher Sutton, a professional racing cyclist. After retiring from competition, Sutton became a coach, spending 26 years as a national coach with Cycling Australia. In May 2017, it was announced that Cycling Australia would not renew the contract for his position as women's endurance coach beyond the end of June. In August of the same year, USA Cycling announced that Sutton had been appointed as their track endurance head coach. Sutton partnered Hugh Porter as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
