Iúri Gabriel Dantas Leitão (; born 3 July 1998) is a Portuguese

road A road is a thoroughfare used primarily for movement of traffic. Roads differ from streets, whose primary use is local access. They also differ from stroads, which combine the features of streets and roads. Most modern roads are paved. Th ...

and

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 currently rides for

UCI ProTeam UCI most commonly refers to: * University of California, Irvine, a public university in Irvine, California, United States * Union Cycliste Internationale, the world governing body for the sport of cycling UCI may also refer to: * Uganda Cancer In ...

. He won a silver medal in the elimination event at the 2021 World Championships. Two years later, Leitão took the highest place on the podium after winning the 2023 World Championships omnium event, becoming the first Portuguese rider to win a world championship title in track cycling. Competing in his first Olympic Games in Paris 2024, he won a gold medal in the Madison event alongside

Rui Oliveira Rui Filipe Alves Oliveira (; born 5 September 1996) is a Portuguese cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . He competed in the scratch event at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. His twin brother, Ivo Oliveira, is also ...

and the silver medal in the omnium event, making him the first Portuguese track cyclist to win an Olympic medal, the first Portuguese sportsperson to win two Olympic medals in a single edition, and his country's first-ever Olympic champion in a sport other than athletics.

Major results

Road

;2018 : 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal do Futuro ;2021 :

Volta ao Alentejo The Volta ao Alentejo ( Portuguese; ) is a road bicycle racing stage race held annually in the Alentejo, Portugal. Since 2010, it has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle ...

::1st Points classification ::1st Stages 2 & 3 ;2022 : 6th Overall

Ronde de l'Oise The Ronde de l'Oise is a cycling stage race, stage race held annually in the department of Oise in France. It was founded in 1954 and in 2007 became part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2. Winners Sources: ...

::1st Stage 2 ;2023 (3 pro wins) : 1st Overall International Tour of Hellas ::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 3 :

GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela The Volta Internacional Cova da Beira (officially: Grande Prémio Internacional Beiras e Serra da Estrela) is a professional cycling race held annually in Portugal. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour as a category 2.2 event. Prior to 2023, the race ...

::1st Stages 2 & 3 : 1st Stage 2 CRO Race ;2024 (1) :

::1st Points classification ::1st Stage 5 : 1st Stage 1a ( ITT) International Tour of Hellas : 1st Stage 2

;2025 (1) : 1st Trofeo Palma : 9th

Clásica de Almería The Clásica de Almería () is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in February or March in Almería, Spain, starting and finishing in Almería itself. Established in 1986, the race was run as an amateur event in its first six years. In 1 ...

Track

;2016 : 1st Points race, National Junior Championships ;2018 : 3rd Scratch, National Championships ;2019 : 3rd Madison, National Championships (with Wilson Esperanca) ;2020 : UEC European Championships ::1st Scratch ::2nd Silver medal europe

Elimination ::3rd Bronze medal europe

Omnium An omnium (from Latin ''omnium'': of all, belonging to all) is a multiple race event in track cycling. Historically the omnium has had a variety of formats. In recent years, road racing has also adopted the term to describe multi-day races that f ...

: National Championships ::1st Scratch ::2nd Individual pursuit ::2nd Points race : UEC European Under-23 Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Scratch ::2nd Silver medal europe

Points race ::2nd Silver medal europe

Elimination ;2021 : National Championships ::1st Madison (with Daniel Dias) ::1st Omnium : UCI Champions League ::1st Elimination, London ::2nd Scratch, Palma : 2nd Silver medal uci

Elimination,

UCI World Championships The UCI World Championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winn ...

: UEC European Championships ::2nd Silver medal europe

Points race A points race is a mass start track cycling event involving large numbers of riders simultaneously on track. It was an Olympic event for men from 1984 to 2008 and for women from 1996 to 2008. Since 2012, the points race has been one of the omniu ...

::3rd

Madison (with

) : UCI Nations Cup, St. Petersburg ::2nd Madison (with

João Matias João Carlos Araújo Matias (born 26 May 1991) is a Portuguese Track cycling, track and road cyclist, who currently rides for the UCI Continental team . Representing Portugal at international competitions, Matias competed at the 2016 UEC Europea ...

) ::2nd Omnium ;2022 : 1st Scratch, UEC European Championships : National Championships ::1st Madison (with

) ::1st Scratch ::2nd Omnium ;2023 : 1st

;2024 :

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 ...

::1st

Madison (with

) ::2nd

: 1st Scratch, UEC European Championships ;2025 : UEC European Championships ::1st

::1st Scratch

References

External links

* 1998 births Living people Portuguese male cyclists Portuguese track cyclists Sportspeople from Viana do Castelo UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic silver medalists for Portugal Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in cycling Olympic gold medalists for Portugal Olympic gold medalists in cycling Cyclists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Portugal 21st-century Portuguese sportsmen {{Portugal-bio-stub