Sean Bloch

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Sean Bloch
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Born (1973-12-16) 16 December 1973 (age 50)
South Africa

Sean Bloch (born 16 December 1973) is a South African former Olympic cyclist.

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Early life

Bloch was born in South Africa, and is Jewish. [1] [2] He is the older brother of Olympian cyclist Garen Bloch of South Africa. [3]

Cycling career

Bloch won 12 South African national titles, and held South African national cycling records in the 500-m individual time trial (junior and senior), 1000-m individual time trial (senior), flying 200-m time trial (senior), and individual pursuit (junior). [4] [1]

He competed in two cycling events for Team South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 18. [3] In the individual time trial event he finished in 26th place with a time of 1:10.145, and in the individual sprint event he finished 22nd in the preliminaries with a time of 12.186, lost to Frederic Magne of France in the second round, and was eliminated by Ainārs Ķiksis of Latvia in his consolation race. [1]

He was Team Australia’s cycling captain at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. [4] He was then Team Australia's flag bearer and team captain at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, where he won a silver medal for South Africa in the Open-Cycling-ITT 21 km 40+ (M) with a time of 30:52. [5] [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Bloch, Sean : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
  2. "Endurance athletes on the road to glory"
  3. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sean Bloch Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  4. 1 2 Olympic experience leads our cycling team | News | Maccabiah
  5. Farewell to the NSW Maccabiah contingent…and 1997 remembered » J-Wire
  6. Results - 20th Maccabiah 2017