Sean Bloch (born 16 December 1973) is a South African former Olympic cyclist.

Early life

Bloch was born in South Africa, and is Jewish.Bloch, Sean : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
/ref> He is the older brother of Olympian cyclist

Garen Bloch Garen Bloch (6 September 1978 – 21 July 2018) was a South African former Olympic cyclist.

of South Africa.

Cycling career

Bloch won 12 South African national titles, and held South African national cycling records in the 500-m individual time trial (junior and senior), 1000-m individual time trial (senior), flying 200-m time trial (senior), and individual pursuit (junior).Olympic experience leads our cycling team , News , Maccabiah
/ref> He competed in two cycling events for Team South Africa at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, at the age of 18. In the individual time trial event he finished in 26th place with a time of 1:10.145, and in the individual sprint event he finished 22nd in the preliminaries with a time of 12.186, lost to Frederic Magne of France in the second round, and was eliminated by

Ainārs Ķiksis Ainārs Ķiksis (born 10 February 1972) is a Latvian former cyclist. He competed at the 1992, 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Ķiksis won silver medal in men's keirin at 1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 1998 UCI Track Cyclin ...

of Latvia in his consolation race. He was Team Australia’s cycling captain at the

2013 Maccabiah Games The 19th Maccabiah ( he, המכביה התשע-עשרה) were held during July 18 to 30, 2013. The Games brought together 7,500 competing athletes, making it the third-largest international sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games and ...

. He was then Team Australia's flag bearer and team captain at the

2017 Maccabiah Games The 2017 Maccabiah Games ( he, משחקי המכביה 2017), also referred to as the 20th Maccabiah Games ( he, המכביה ה-20), were the 20th edition of the Maccabiah Games. They took place from 4 to 17 July 2017, in Israel. The Maccabiah ...

, where he won a silver medal for South Africa in the Open-Cycling-ITT 21 km 40+ (M) with a time of 30:52.Results - 20th Maccabiah 2017
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* 1973 births Living people Jewish South African sportspeople South African Jews South African male cyclists Olympic cyclists for South Africa Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Maccabiah Games silver medalists for South Africa Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games {{SouthAfrica-cycling-bio-stub