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Cycling At The 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's Sprint
The men's sprint event at the 2020 Summer Olympics took place from 4 to 6 August 2021 at the Izu Velodrome. 30 cyclists from 18 nations competed. Background This will be the 27th appearance of the event, which has been held at every Summer Olympics except 1904 and 1912. Great Britain has won the last three sprint competitions. Qualification A National Olympic Committee (NOC) could enter up to 2 qualified cyclists in the men's sprint. Qualification is entirely through the 2018–20 UCI nation rankings. The eight nations that qualify for the team sprint event may enter two cyclists each in the individual sprint (as well as the Keirin). The nations that qualify a cyclist through the Keirin rankings may also enter that cyclist in the sprint. Finally, seven places are allocated through the individual sprint rankings; these places must ensure that each of the five continents are represented. Because qualification was complete by the end of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izu Velodrome
The Izu Velodrome is a velodrome in Izu, Shizuoka, Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture, Shizuoka, Japan. It has a 250-metre cycling track and spectator facilities for 3,600 people. It was opened in 2011, and was selected as the venue to host the track cycling events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. It is the only indoor 250-metre velodrome with a wooden timber surface in Japan, as other velodromes in Japan are outdoors that are longer than 250-metres and with asphalt surfaces, dedicated largely for keirin. See also *List of cycling tracks and velodromes References Sports venues in Shizuoka Prefecture 2011 establishments in Japan Venues of the 2020 Summer Olympics 2020 Summer Paralympics Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olympics Indoor arenas in Japan Olympic cycling venues Venues of the 2026 Asian Games Sports venues completed in 2011 Velodromes in Japan Izu, Shizuoka {{Cycling-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Dmitriev
Denis Sergeyevich Dmitriev (; born 23 March 1986) is a Russian track cyclist. Specialising in the sprint events, Dmitriev's best result in international sports was winning a gold medal at the 2017 World Championships in Hong Kong. At the 2016 Summer Olympics he succeeded to the bronze medal race in sprint, winning the medal. Dmitriev is a four-time European Champion at senior level in the Sprint event for men, and the most successful sprint cyclist in the competitions's history. Major results ;2003 : 2003 UCI Juniors Track World Championships :: 2nd Team Sprint : 2003 European Junior Track Championships :: 2nd Team Sprint ;2004 : 2004 European Junior Track Championships :: 1st Team sprint, ;2006 : 2006 European under-23 Track Championships :: 3rd Team Sprint, ;2008 : 2008 European under-23 Track Championships :: 1st Team sprint ;2010 : 2010 UEC European Track Championships :: 1st Sprint, ;2011 : 2011 UEC European Track Championships :: 3rd Sprint : 2011 Russian Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Webster (cyclist)
Sam Webster (born 16 July 1991) is a former New Zealand track cyclist. He was the sprint, keirin and team sprint World Champion at the 2009 Junior World Championships and New Zealand national track cycling champion. He won gold medals at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the individual sprint and the team sprint. Biography Born in Auckland in 1991, Webster attended Auckland Grammar School. Webster is a track cyclist competing in a variety of sprint disciplines. His palmarès include a gold medal at the January 2009 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in the men's sprint. At the Junior World Championship in August 2009 in Moscow, he won gold in the team sprint, Keirin and sprint. From the Junior World Championships, he moved into the elite category. Webster is a member of the New Zealand team sprint team that has made the consistent climb at the World Championships, from Bronze in 2012 (Melbourne), Silver in 2013 (Minsk) and Gold in 2014 (Cali, Colombia), claiming their first Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azizulhasni Awang
Malay styles and titles#State titles, Dato' Muhammad Azizulhasni Awang (born 5 January 1988) is a Malaysians, Malaysian professional Track cycling, track cyclist based in Melbourne, Australia. Nicknamed "The Pocket Rocketman" due to his small stature, he is the first and only Malaysian cyclist to win a medal at the Summer Olympics. He is also the first Malaysian to have competed in the Olympics five times. Azizulhasni was Team Malaysia's national Standard-bearer, flag bearer at the 2008 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations. He won his first World Championship medal in 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2009, a silver medal in the 2009 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint, individual sprint. His debut Olympic medal came at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze in the Cycling at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin, individual keirin. In the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, he won a silver medal in the same category of Cycling at the 2020 Summer Olymp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Quintero
Kevin Santiago Quintero Chavarro (born 28 October 1998) is a Colombian track cycling, track cyclist, who specializes in sprinting events. He has won numerous medals in continental games and championships, as well as competed at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2018, 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, 2019 and 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He most notably won the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin, Keirin at the 2023 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He represented Colombia at the 2020 Summer Olympics. On 26 June 2024, the Colombian Olympic Committee chose Quintero and Javelin throw, javelin thrower Flor Ruiz as the flag bearers to 2024 Summer Olympics, Paris 2024. He will compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's keirin, Men's keirin on 11 August 2024. Major results ;2015 : 2nd Kilometer, 2015 Pan American Track Cycling Championships, Pan American Junior Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Barrette
Hugo Barrette (born 4 July 1991) is a Canadian cyclist, specializing in track time trials. Barrette is from the Magdalen Islands, Quebec and now lives in Santa Monica, California, in the USA. Records On 28 August 2014 at Aguascalientes, he set a new Canadian record in the flying 200 m time trial of 9.77 seconds. The following day, he broke the 1 km against the clock record with a time of 1:00:9. With his teammates Joseph Veloce and Stéphane Cossette, he also holds the Canadian record in team sprints; the team achieved a time of 43.922 seconds at the Panamerican Cycling Championships in Mexico City on 7 February 2013. Injuries In 2015, Hugo Barrette survived a horrific crash while training for a UCI World Cup in Cali, Colombia, with two broken lumbar vertebrae, a broken nose, split lip, concussion, neck dislocation and severe contusions. At the World Track Cycling Championships in Pruszkow, Poland, Hugo Barrette had an accident as he exited the fourth turn at full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patryk Rajkowski
Patryk Rajkowski (born 22 February 1996) is a Polish track cyclist, who competes in sprinting events. He qualified to compete in the sprint and team sprint events at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also competed in the keirin at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships The 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling in 2018. They took place in the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with .... Major results ;2013 : 3rd Team sprint, European Junior Track Championships ;2014 : European Junior Track Championships ::1st Keirin ::2nd Team sprint ::3rd Sprint : 2nd Team sprint, European Under-23 Track Championships : UCI Junior Track World Championships ::3rd Keirin ::3rd Team sprint ;2015 : National Under-23 Track Championships ::1st Sprint ::1st Kilometer : 2nd Team sprint, European Under-23 Track Championships ;2017 : 3rd Team sprint, Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Bötticher
Stefan Bötticher (born 1 February 1992) is a German Track cycling, track cyclist who competes in the sprint events. At the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships he won gold medals in the individual sprint race and the team sprint. See also *UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint References External links * German male cyclists Living people 1992 births UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) People from Leinefelde-Worbis Cyclists from Thuringia German track cyclists Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Germany 21st-century German sportsmen {{Germany-cycling-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Wammes
Nick Wammes (born October 21, 1999) is a Canadian track cyclist competing in the sprint events. Career At the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Wammes finished in ninth place in the individual sprint event. In July 2020, Wammes was named to Canada's 2020 Olympic team in the individual sprint and keirin events. In June 2024, Wammes was named to his second Olympic team. Personal Wammes was born in London, Ontario and lists Bothwell, Ontario Bothwell is an unincorporated community in Ontario, Canada. It is recognized as a designated place by Statistics Canada. Formerly an independent municipality within Kent County, the Town of Bothwell as well as the surrounding Zone Township were ... as his hometown. References 1999 births Canadian male cyclists Living people Sportspeople from London, Ontario Cyclists at the 2019 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists in cycling Pan American Games gold medalists for Can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Chao
Xu Chao (, 5 November 1994 – December 2024) was a Chinese professional racing cyclist. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He also competed at the 2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games (), officially known as the 17th Asian Games () and also known as Incheon 2014 (), were a pan-Asian multi-sport event held from 19 September to 4 October 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. On 17 April 2007, Incheon was awarded ... and won a silver medal in the team sprint. Xu died in December 2024, at the age of 30. References External links * 1994 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sébastien Vigier
Sébastien Vigier (born 18 April 1997) is a French track cyclist, who competes in sprinting events. He competed at the 2016 UEC European Track Championships in the team sprint event. He competed in the sprint and team sprint events at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ..., winning bronze in the latter. See also * List of European Championship medalists in men's sprint References External links * 1997 births Living people French male cyclists French track cyclists People from Palaiseau Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century French sportsmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuta Wakimoto
is a Japanese track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He competed in the keirin event at the 2014 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. He is also a professional keirin cyclist. He has qualified to represent Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo .... References External links * 1989 births Living people Japanese track cyclists Japanese male cyclists Sportspeople from Fukui (city) Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games Olympic cyclists for Japan Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Japan Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Japan-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
