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Hans-Henrik Ørsted (born 13 December 1954 in
Grenå Grenaa (or Grenå) is a Danish town and seaport on the east coast of the Jutlandic peninsula. Tourism, education and commerce are important sectors in the economy of Grenaa. It is the only larger town on Djursland. Grenaa is the municipal seat, a ...
) is a Danish former professional track cyclist and multi-medalist in the Olympics and World Championships at pursuit. He raced in many indoor
Six-day racing Six-day cycling is a track cycling event that competes over six days. Six-day races started in Britain, spread to many regions of the world, were brought to their modern style in the United States and are now mainly a European event. Initially, ...
events in Europe. He turned professional following the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
, where he won a bronze medal. At the World Championships as a professional, he won 3 gold medals, 3 silver, and 2 bronze.


Palmarès

; 1977 : 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Copenhagen ; 1978 : 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Århus : 1st, Points race, National Track Championships, Århus ; 1980 : 3rd, Pursuit,
Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a multi ...
, Moscow : 3rd, Professional Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, Besançon : 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Odense ; 1981 : 1st,
Six Days of Dortmund The Six Days of Dortmund is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Dortmund Dortmund (; Westphalian nds, Düörpm ; la, Tremonia) is the third-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne and Düsseldorf, and the eighth-larg ...
(with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) : 1st,
Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, European Track Championships (with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) : 2nd, Professional Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, Brno : 3rd,
Grand Prix des Nations The Grand Prix des Nations was an individual time trial (against the clock) for both professional and amateur racing cyclists. Held annually in Cannes, France, it was instituted in 1932 and often regarded as the unofficial time trial championship ...
: 1st, Six Days of Herning (with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) ; 1982 : 2nd, Professional Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, Leicester : 1st, Nienburg ; 1983 : 1st,
Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...
, European Track Championships (with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) : 1st, Six Days of Herning (with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) : 1st, Odense : 3rd, Professional Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, Zürich ; 1984 : 1st,
Six Days of Ghent The Six Days of Ghent ( nl, Zesdaagse Vlaanderen-Gent) is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome in Ghent's ''Citadelpark''. The 2006 event from 21 November to 26 November was marred ...
(with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) : 1st,
Six Days of Munich The Six Days of Munich was a Six-day racing, six-day track cycling race held annually in Munich, Germany. The event was first held in 1933 with the last edition held in 2009. Starting in 1972, the event was held at the Olympiahalle. Palmares R ...
(with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) : 1st, Professional Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, Barcelona ; 1985 : 1st, Six Days of Berlin (with Danny Clark) : 1st, Six Days of Copenhagen (with
Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...
) : 1st, Professional Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, Bassano del Grappa : 1st,
Trofeo Baracchi The Trofeo Baracchi was a major Italian cycling race that ran for 50 years. It was created by Mino Baracchi, in memory of his father Angelo who was a great cycle racing fan. Originally (from 1941) an amateur individual time trial, from 1944 it w ...
(with
Francesco Moser Francesco Moser ( or ; ; born 19 June 1951), nicknamed "Lo sceriffo" (The sheriff), is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. He finished on the podium of the Giro d'Italia six times including his win in the 1984 edition. Moser wa ...
) ; 1986 : 2nd, Professional Pursuit,
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, Colorado Springs :
Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as Po ...
:: 1st, Prologue :: 1st, Stage 5b ; 1987 : 1st, Professional Pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...
, Vienna ; 1988 : 1st, Six Days of Copenhagen (with
Roman Hermann Roman Hermann (born 27 March 1953 in Schaan) is a Liechtensteiner former cyclist. Major results ;1979 :3rd Derny, UEC European Track Championships ;1980 :1st Six Days of Zürich (with Horst Schütz) ;1981 :1st Six Days of Hanover (with Horst ...
)


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* 1954 births Living people Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Danish male cyclists Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark Olympic cyclists for Denmark UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic medalists in cycling People from Norddjurs Municipality Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Danish track cyclists Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub