Klaus-Jürgen Grünke (born 30 March 1951) 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 ...

from

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, who represented his native country at the

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, Canada. There he won the gold medal in the men's 1,000m time trial, defeating Belgium's

Michel Vaarten Michel Vaarten (born 17 January 1957) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Belgium. He represented Belgium at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where he won silver medal in the 1.000m time trial behind East ...

. A year earlier he won the world title in the same event in Rocourt.

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* 1951 births Living people People from Saalekreis East German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for East Germany Olympic gold medalists for East Germany Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Saxony-Anhalt Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics East German track cyclists People from Bezirk Halle {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub