Aleksandr Panfilov (russian: Алекса́ндр Панфи́лов; born 11 October 1960) is a retired

track cyclist 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 ...

who competed for the USSR at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, winning a silver medal in the 1 km time trial. Panfilov was only 19 years old at the time. He trained at

Armed Forces sports society The Sports Clubs of the Armed Forces, Physical Culture and Sports Association of the Soviet Armed Forces (russian: спортивные клубы Армии �КА} ''sportivnye kluby Armiy, SKA''; russian: Физкультурно-спортив� ...

in Tashkent. At the

1983 Summer Universiade The 1983 Summer Universiade, also known as the 1983 World University Games or XII Summer Universiade, took place in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada between July 1 and 12, 1983. Over 2400 athletes from 73 countries participated. It was the first time Can ...

he won the gold medal in the

1 km time trial The track time trial is a track cycling event where cyclists compete individually against the clock to record the fastest time over the specified distance from a standing start. Time trial bikes Track time trial bikes differ from normal track bik ...

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1000m Time Trial
at Full Olympians 1960 births Living people Soviet male cyclists Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Olympic silver medalists for the Soviet Union Olympic medalists in cycling Sportspeople from Bishkek Kyrgyzstani male cyclists Uzbekistani male cyclists Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in cycling FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade {{Uzbekistan-cycling-bio-stub