Miloš Hrazdíra
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Miloš "Milan" Hrazdíra (; 23 November 1945 – 25 January 1990) was a Czech cyclist. He competed at the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...
in the 100 km team time trial and finished in 13th place. He was the first cyclist to win the
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three times, in 1967, 1968 and 1973, a record repeated only by
Jiří Škoda Jiří Škoda (born 27 March 1956) is a retired Czech cyclist who specialized in road racing. He won a bronze medal in the 100 km time trial at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII ...
in 1985. In 1982 he became the only cyclist in Czech history to win three national titles in one year, in the road race and individual and team time trial. He also won the 1968
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. in Ireland. He married Eva Hrazdíra (born 1949). They had a daughter Eva (born 1969) and two sons, Milan (born 1973) and
Michal Michal (;  ; ) was, according to the first Book of Samuel, a princess of the United Kingdom of Israel; the younger daughter of King Saul, she was the first wife of David (), who later became king, first of Judah, then of all Israel, maki ...
(born 1977). Both sons became cyclists, and Michal competed at the 2004 Olympics. The street ''Hrazdírova'' in the Brno-Bosonohy area of Brno is named after him.


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1945 births 1990 deaths Olympic cyclists for Czechoslovakia Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Czech male cyclists Czechoslovak male cyclists Rás Tailteann winners Cyclists from the South Moravian Region {{CzechRepublic-cycling-bio-stub