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Hans-Henrik Ørsted (born 13 December 1954) is a Danish former professional
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 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 takes place 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. Initiall ...
events in Europe. He turned professional following the
1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...
, 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 (Olympics; ) are the world's preeminent international Olympic sports, sporting events. They feature summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a Multi-s ...
, 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 (with Gert Frank) : 1st, Madison,
European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...
(with Gert Frank) : 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) ; 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,
European Track Championships The European Track Cycling Championships are a set of elite level competition events held annually for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling, exclusively for European cyclists, and regulated by the European Cycling Union (UEC) ...
(with Gert Frank) : 1st, Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank) : 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 () is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Ghent, Belgium. It takes place in the Kuipke velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of ...
(with Gert Frank) : 1st, Six Days of Munich (with Gert Frank) : 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 The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...
(with Gert Frank) : 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 Giacomo Baracchi, in memory of his father Angelo who was a great cycle racing fan. Originally (from 1941) an amateur individual time trial An indiv ...
(with
Francesco Moser Francesco Moser (, ; 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 was dom ...
) ; 1986 : 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 ...
, Colorado Springs :
Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish multi-day professional road cycling race. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostNord Danmark Rundt. The race is sometimes called the Tou ...
:: 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 The Six Days of Copenhagen is a six-day track cycling race held annually in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event was first held in 1934. The event is held at the Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose i ...
(with Roman Hermann)


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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 20th-century Danish sportsmen {{Denmark-Olympic-medalist-stub