Peder Pedersen (3 November 1945 – 9 January 2015) was a Danish

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 ...

who won a gold medal in the team pursuit at the 1968 Olympics. He also competed in the sprint at the

1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarc ...

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

and

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

, but failed to reach the final. He was selected at the Olympic flag bearer for Denmark in 1972. Pedersen won two medals in the sprint at the amateur world championships in 1969–70. After the 1972 Olympics he turned professional and won the 1974 world sprint title, finishing second in 1975. Domestically he held 11 Danish titles, mostly in the sprint.Peder Pedersen
cyclingarchives.com After retiring from competitions he coached the national cycling team in 1977–92. He was also a board member of the Danish Cycling Union in 1977–90 and served as its president in 1991–2005. From 1993 to 1997 he was a board member of the

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. Pedersen was a policeman by profession, and at some point in his life headed the traffic police in

Fünen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

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* 1945 births 2015 deaths Danish male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Denmark Olympic gold medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Danish track cyclists Sportspeople from the Region of Southern Denmark {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub