Geir Digerud (born 19 May 1956) is a Norwegian cyclist. He was born in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, and is the son of

Per Digerud Per Digerud (25 July 1933 – 13 August 1988) was a Norwegian cyclist. He was born in Oslo, and was the father of Geir Digerud. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), offic ...

. He competed at the

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, where he placed 55th in the road race and eighth in

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with the Norwegian team. He won a bronze medal in

at the 1979 UCI Road World Championships. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1977, 1978 and 1979, and represented the clubs Birkenes IL and

SK Rye Sportsklubben Rye is a sports club based in Oslo, Norway. It has sections for cycle sport, cycling, triathlon, swimming (sport), swimming, and track and field, athletics. SK Rye is responsible for arranging ''Nordmarka Rundt'', ''Øyeren Rundt'', ...

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1956 births Living people Cyclists from Oslo Norwegian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Norway Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub