Daniel Novikov (born June 6, 1989) is an Estonian

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cyclist, who specialized in the individual sprint events. Novikov was born in Tallinn. He represented Estonia at the

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in Beijing, and competed in the men's sprint track cycling. Novikov, however, failed to qualify for the latter rounds of the competition, as he placed twenty-first in the overall standings, with a time of 11.817 seconds, and a speed of 64.360 km/h. He also won gold and silver medals for sprint and keirin events, in the elite-B category of the 2007 UCI World Track Championships in

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
1989 births Living people Sportspeople from Tallinn Estonian male cyclists Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Estonia Estonian people of Russian descent {{Estonia-cycling-bio-stub