Niels Christian Fredborg (born 28 October 1946) is a retired

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. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the sprint and 1 km time trial events, winning a silver, a gold and a bronze medal in the time trial in 1968, 1972 and 1976, respectively. In 1972 he was

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's only Olympic medalist. At the

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, Fredborg won the

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in 1967, 1968 and 1970.

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