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Born | Marmirolo, Italy | 24 September 1944|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lorenzo Bosisio (born 24 September 1944) is a retired Italian road and track cyclist. On the road he won a team bronze medal at the 1967 World Championships. Next year he had his best achievements on track, winning an Olympic bronze medal and a world title in the team pursuit, as well as a bronze medal in the individual pursuit at the world championships. [1] [2]
In 1969 Bosisio turned professional and won a silver medal in the individual pursuit at the 1970 World Championships. He had little success on the road, and retired in 1971. [2]
Hugh William Porter MBE is one of Britain's greatest former professional cyclists, winning four world titles in the individual pursuit - more than any other rider - as well as a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 1966. He is now a commentator on cycling events, working most notably for the BBC and ITV.
Xaver Kurmann is a retired Swiss amateur cyclist. Had his best results in the individual pursuit event on track, winning two world titles and two Olympic medals between 1968 and 1972, but he also won a bronze medal in the 100 km team time trial at the 1969 UCI Road World Championships.
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Kelly-Ann Way is a Canadian retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer.
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Alison Shanks is a retired New Zealand professional racing cyclist, specialising in the individual pursuit and team pursuit in track cycling and individual time trial in road bicycle racing. Prior to that she was an Otago Rebels netballer, the sport she played for more than five years before her cycling career.
Jesse Sergent is a retired New Zealand racing cyclist who rode professionally between 2011 and 2016 for Team RadioShack, Trek Factory Racing and AG2R La Mondiale.
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Peter David Latham is a New Zealand former professional racing cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where New Zealand finished tenth. In 2005, Latham won the bronze medal in the Under 23 Individual Time Trial at the Road World Championships in Madrid. He competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne where along with Tim Gudsell, Hayden Godfrey and Marc Ryan he won a bronze medal in the Team pursuit.
Jiří Daler is a retired cyclist from Czechoslovakia. His sporting career began with Dukla Brno. As an amateur track cyclist he competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in five events in total. In the 4000 m individual pursuit, he won a gold medal in 1964 and finished in 14th place in 1968; in both Games he finished fifth in the team pursuit. Between 1964 and 1967 he won one silver and four bronze medals in the individual and team pursuit events at the world championships. In 1967, he also set two world records, in the 4000 m and 5000 m sprint. He then became a professional road racer and finished four times within the podium in 1968–1969: in Saint-Aigulin (1968), La Bastide d'Armagnac (1968), Saint-Raphael (1969) and Tour de l'Herault (1969).
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David Nicholas, is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.
Tamara Eduardovna Polyakova is a Ukrainian road and track cyclist. At the 1983 Summer Universiade she won the silver medal in the road race and won bronze in the individual pursuit. Poliakova won the silver medal in the individual pursuit at the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships and became world champion on the road in the women's team time trial in 1987 and 1989.
Alistair Donohoe is an Australian cyclist, who currently rides for Australian club team Blackburn CC. Following a right arm impairment in 2009, Donohoe became a multiple medallist at the UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships and UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships. He won two silver medals at the 2016 Rio Paralympics, a silver and bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics and a silver and bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.
Min Kyeong-ho is a South Korean track and road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Seoul Cycling Team. At the 2016 Asian Cycling Championships he won the gold medal in the points race, the bronze medal in the individual pursuit and the bronze medal in the team pursuit. In 2017, he also had success on the road, winning the Tour de Korea, a 2.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour. He also competed at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
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Bryony Botha is a New Zealand road and track cyclist. On the 7th of August 2024 she won a silver medal in the team pursuit during the 2024 summer Olympic Games with Ally Wollaston, Emily Shearman and Nicole Shields.