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Cycling At The 1996 Summer Olympics
The cycling competitions at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta consisted of three separate categories: road cycling, track cycling, and mountain biking. The road cycling events took place in downtown Atlanta, track cycling was carried out at the Stone Mountain velodrome in neighboring DeKalb County, and the mountain biking events were held at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers. Road Track Men’s Women’s Mountain bike Medal table Broken records OR = Olympic record, WR = World record Sources References External linksOfficial Olympic Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Cycling At The 1996 Summer Olympics 1996 Summer Olympics events 1996 Olympics Olympics The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ... International cycle races hosted by the United States [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgia International Horse Park
Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States Georgia may also refer to: Places Historical states and entities * Related to the country in the Caucasus ** Kingdom of Georgia, a medieval kingdom ** Georgia within the Russian Empire ** Democratic Republic of Georgia, established following the Russian Revolution ** Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, a constituent of the Soviet Union * Related to the US state ** Province of Georgia, one of the thirteen American colonies established by Great Britain in what became the United States ** Georgia in the American Civil War, the State of Georgia within the Confederate States of America. Other places * 359 Georgia, an asteroid * New Georgia, Solomon Islands * South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands Canada * Georgia Street, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada * Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada United Kin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Olano
Abraham Olano Manzano (born 22 January 1970 in Anoeta, Gipuzkoa) is a Spanish retired professional road racing cyclist, who raced between 1992 and 2002. He won the UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Championship in 1995 UCI Road World Championships, 1995, and the UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, World Time Trial Championship in 1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial, 1998, becoming the first and so far only male cyclist to win both. He also achieved distinction in Grand Tours: he won Vuelta a España in 1998 Vuelta a España, 1998 and was second in 1995 Vuelta a España, 1995, made it twice to the final podium at Giro d'Italia (third in 1996 Giro d'Italia, 1996 and second in 2001 Giro d'Italia, 2001), and placed three times in the top-ten at Tour de France, with the fourth place in 1997 Tour de France, 1997 as his personal best. In total he won six stages in the Vuelta and one in the Tour, all of them Individual time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Michel Monin
Jean-Michel Monin (born 7 September 1967 in Argenteuil) is a French cyclist. He won the Gold Medal in Men's team pursuit in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for France Olympic gold medalists for France French male cyclists Olympic medalists in cycling 1967 births Living people Sportspeople from Argenteuil Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics French track cyclists Cyclists from Île-de-France {{France-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Capelle
Christophe Capelle (born 15 August 1967) is a French former racing cyclist. Capelle won a gold medal for France in the 4000-meter team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, riding alongside Philippe Ermenault, Jean-Michel Monin, and Francis Moreau. In 2000, he represented France in the points race and Madison events, finishing outside the medals in both events. Capelle also competed in the Olympic road race, but failed to finish. Capelle also raced for the Big Mat-Auber 93 team at the 1999 Tour de France, completing the race in 115th place.''CyclingNews.com''"Tour de France, Stage 20, Arpajon - Paris Champs-Elysées, 160 km" 25 July 1999. Retrieved on 17 July 2013. Career achievements Major results ;1988 :3rd Bordeaux-Caudéran :3rd Grand Prix de France ;1990 :1st Overall Hessen-Rundfahrt :7th Overall Tour du Limousin ;1991 :1st Stage 7 Tour Méditerranéen :4th Paris–Brussels :7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne :10th Dwars door België ;1992 :2nd Kuurne–Brussels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley McGee
Bradley John McGee OAM (born 24 February 1976 in Sydney, New South Wales) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS). He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten. He lives in Sydney and in Nice, France. Career His greatest success as a road cyclist has been winning the 2003 prologue of the Tour de France, and leading the race for three days in 2003. In 2004 he wore the leader's pink jersey of the Giro d'Italia for one day. In 2005 he wore the leader's golden jersey for four days in the Vuelta a España. He was the first Australian to lead the Tour of Spain, and the first to wear the leader's jersey of all three Grand Tours. As a track cyclist and Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder he met success in individual and team events. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Graeme Brown, Brett Lancaster, and Luke Roberts) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Ermenault
Philippe Ermenault (born 29 April 1969) is a French former track cyclist. Ermenault was twice world champion in individual pursuit and Olympic champion as part of the France team in the team pursuit. He is the father of racing cyclist Corentin Ermenault Corentin Ermenault (born 27 January 1996) is a French road and track cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team AVC Aix-en-Provence. His father, Philippe Ermenault, was also a professional cyclist. Major results Track ;2013 : UEC Eu .... Results References External links * 1969 births Living people Sportspeople from Somme (department) Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics French male cyclists Olympic cyclists of France Olympic gold medalists for France Olympic silver medalists for France UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics French track cyclists 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrea Collinelli
Andrea Collinelli (born 2 July 1969) is an Italian former racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling. Biography He received a gold medal in ''4000m individual pursuit'' at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...."1996 Summer Olympics – Atlanta, United States – Cycling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on June 1, 2008) References External links * * * 1969 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart O'Grady
Stuart O'Grady (born 6 August 1973) is a retired Australian professional road bicycle racer, who rode as a professional between 1995 and 2013. A former track cyclist, O'Grady and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in the Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics. O'Grady also won Paris–Roubaix in 2007. O'Grady competed in the Tour de France from 1997 and contended for the points classification in the Tour de France known as the green jersey, finishing second in the 1998, 1999, 2001 and 2005 races. He wore the yellow jersey of general classification leader in 1998 and 2001. With his participation in the 2013 Tour de France, he tied George Hincapie's record of 17 participations in the Tour de France. However, Hincapie was removed from three of his 17 starts for his part in the Lance Armstrong doping scandal, and O'Grady himself admitted having been assisted by illicit erythropoietin (EPO) use at least on the 1998 Tour de France (the Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk holds the absolute record ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Walton (cyclist)
Brian Clifford Walton (born December 18, 1965) is a Canadian cycling coach and former professional road and track cyclist. His racing career spanned 18 years, racing professionally for North American pro teams 7-Eleven, Motorola, and Saturn. He represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in 1988, 1996 and 2000. He won a silver medal in the points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Walton was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame in 2006. Walton is a former partner at Cadence Performance Cycling Center in Philadelphia. He now is the president of Walton Endurance. Major results Road ;1988 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Gastown Grand Prix ;1989 : 1st Overall Milk Race ::1st Stage 9b : 6th Overall Tour of Ireland ;1990 : 1st Stage 5b ( ITT) Tour of the Basque Country : 1st Stage 4 International Cycling Classic : 2nd Cholet-Pays de Loire : 3rd GP Eddy Merckx : 8th Overall Tour Méditerranéen ;19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Martinello
Silvio Martinello (born 19 January 1963) is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison in Sydney, Australia alongside Marco Villa. He was a professional rider from 1986 to 2000. Major results Road ;1983 : 1st Giro del Belvedere ;1989 : 2nd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria : 3rd Trofeo Laigueglia ;1990 : 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a España ;1991 : 1st Milano–Vignola : 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 4 Tirreno–Adriatico : 1st Stage 1 Giro del Trentino : 3rd Giro del Veneto : 7th Trofeo Pantalica : 8th Giro dell'Etna ;1992 : 1st Stage 3 Three Days of De Panne ;1993 : 3rd Giro della Provincia di Reggio Calabria ;1994 : 3rd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen : 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 5th GP Rik Van Steenbergen : 8th Scheldeprijs ;1996 : Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 1 ::Held after Stages 1–2 & 4–5 ::Held after Stages 1, 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zulfiya Zabirova
Zulfiya Khasanovna Zabirova (russian: Зульфия Хасановна Забирова; born 19 December 1973) is a Russian professional cycle racer who won the gold medal in the time trial event in the 1996 Olympics and later, in 2002, won the World Time Trial Championship. Biography Zulfiya was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on 19 December 1973. She is an ethnic Uzbek. In 1993 two years after the breakup of the Soviet Union she emigrated to Russia and lived in Rostov-on-Don. As the main reason for her emigration she cited that the Islamist leadership of the newly independent Uzbekistan is hostile to the women sports and the rights of women in general. In 1996 she became famous after winning the Olympic gold medal in Atlanta. In 2005, she obtained the citizenship of Kazakhstan and announced her intention to compete as a member of the Kazakhstan team. As the reason for her decision she cited the better conditions for training and her desire to be closer to her native Uzbekis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clara Hughes
Clara Hughes, (born September 27, 1972) is a Canadian cyclist and speed skater who has won multiple Olympic medals in both sports. Hughes won two bronze in the 1996 Summer Olympics and four medals (one gold, one silver, two bronze) over the course of three Winter Olympics. Hughes is one of the few athletes who have competed in both the Summer and Winter Olympic games. Hughes is one of only six people to have podium finishes in the Winter and Summer versions of the Games, and is the only person ever to have won multiple medals in both. Hughes was the first Canadian woman to win a medal in road cycling at the Olympics, winning two in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. As a result of her success in multiple sports and her humanitarian efforts, Hughes was named to both the Order of Manitoba and as an Officer of the Order of Canada. She is involved with Right To Play, which is an athlete-driven international humanitarian organization that uses sports to encourage the development of y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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