Dainis Ozols (born 11 September 1966) is a former professional
cyclist
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from
Latvia. In the
1992 Summer Olympics
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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
Fabio Casartelli (16 August 1970 – 18 July 1995) was an Italian cyclist and an Olympic gold medalist. He was killed in a crash on the descent of the Col de Portet d'Aspet, France, during the 15th stage of the 1995 Tour de France.
Amateur ...
of Italy.
He competed in one Grand Tour in his career: the
1995 Vuelta a España
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, where he finished 50th overall.
His surname is often misspelled as Ozolos and he is often incorrectly identified as having Polish or Lithuanian Nationality. Early in his amateur career, he did race as a national of the USSR.
Major results
;1988
: 3rd Overall
Okolo Slovenska
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::1st Stages 5 & 7
;1989
: 1st Overall
Rás Tailteann
::1st Stages 4 & 9 (
ITT)
: 1st Stage 5
Giro delle Regioni
The Giro delle Regioni was a multi-day cycling race held annually in Italy. It is part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.ncup, meaning it was part of the UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup
The UCI Under 23 Nations' Cup is an annual, season-long competitio ...
: 1st Stages 3 & 4
Girobio
Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23, also known as Baby Giro, Girobio or Giro Ciclistico d'Italia, is an Italian road bicycle racing amateur stage race created in 1970.
Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23 is the most important race on Italy's U23 calendar ...
;1992
: 1st Overall
Regio-Tour
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::1st Stage 1
: 3rd
Road race,
Summer Olympics
;1993
: 3rd Overall
GP Tell
The Grand Prix Guillaume Tell (, "William Tell Grand Prize") was a professional cycling race held annually in Switzerland. It was part of UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were in ...
::1st Stage 2
: 2nd Overall
Circuit Franco-Belge
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::1st Stage 4
;1994
: 1st Overall
Circuit Franco-Belge
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::1st Stages 5 (
ITT) & 7
: 1st Stage 3
Grand Prix François Faber
: 8th Overall
Tour DuPont
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;1995
: 8th
Tour de Berne
Tour de Berne is an elite professional road bicycle racing event held in Berne, Switzerland with races for men and women.
Men's event
The men's event began in 1920 and has previously been a UCI 1.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour
The UCI Co ...
;1996
: 4th Overall
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
::1st Stage 7
;1997
: National Road Championships
::1st
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::4th
Road race
: 1st Overall
Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
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::1st Stage 9
: 1st Overall
Tour of Małopolska
Tour of Malopolska (Polish: ''Małopolski Wyścig Górski'') is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage cycling race in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour.
History
The race was first held in 196 ...
: 6th Overall
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne ( Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ...
: 8th Overall
Tour du Poitou Charentes
Tour Poitou-Charentes en Nouvelle-Aquitaine is a road bicycle race held annually in the former region of Poitou-Charentes (now Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France. It was first held in 1987 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Eu ...
: 10th Overall
Tour of Sweden
The Tour of Sweden (or Postgirot Open) was an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Sweden
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;1998
: 1st
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, National Road Championships
;1999
: 1st
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, National Road Championships
: 3rd Overall
Saaremaa Velotuur
::1st Stage 6 (
ITT)
;2000
: 1st Stage 9
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
: 2nd
National Time Trial Championships
: 6th Overall
Tour of Austria
The Tour of Austria (german: Internationale Österreich Rundfahrt) is a stage cycling race held in Austria. From 1949 to 1995 it was a race for amateur cyclists, turning into a professional event in 1996. In 2005 and 2006 it was organised as a 2 ...
References
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1966 births
Living people
Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Latvian male cyclists
Olympic bronze medalists for Latvia
Olympic cyclists of Latvia
Olympic medalists in cycling
People from Smiltene
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Rás Tailteann winners
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