Uwe Messerschmidt (born 22 January 1962) is a retired

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 ...

and

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from

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, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 1997. He represented

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at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

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, where he won the silver medal in the men's points race behind Belgium's Roger Ilegems.

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* 1962 births Living people People from Schwäbisch Gmünd Sportspeople from Stuttgart (region) German male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for West Germany West German male cyclists Olympic silver medalists for West Germany Olympic medalists in cycling Cyclists from Baden-Württemberg Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics {{Germany-cycling-Olympic-medalist-stub