Dainis Ozols

Dainis Ozols (born 11 September 1966) is a former professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he won a bronze medal in the 194 km road race, finishing in 4:32:24, 3 seconds behind Erik Dekker of the Netherlands and 4 seconds behind the winner Fabio Casartelli of Italy.[1]

Dainis Ozols
Personal information
Born (1966-09-11) 11 September 1966
Smiltene, Latvia
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Individual Road Race

His surname is often misspelled as Ozolos and he is often incorrectly identified as having Polish or Lithuanian Nationality. Early in his amateur career, he did race as a national of the USSR.

Palmares

1992

  • Bronze medal - Olympic Games road race, Barcelona, Spain
  • winner - Regio-Tour, Germany

1993

1994 - Trident (Belgium)

1995 - Novell (the Netherlands)

1996

  • 92nd - Olympic Games road race, Atlanta, USA

1997 - MROZ (Poland)

1st National Time Trial Championships
4th National Road Race Championships
  • 26th - World Championships time trial, San Sebastian, Spain
  • 64th - World Championships road race, San Sebastian, Spain
  • 65th - Danmark Rundt

1998 - MROZ (Poland)

1st National Time Trial Championships
  • 29th - World Championships time trial, Valkenburg, the Netherlands
  • dnf - World Championships road race, Valkenburg, the Netherlands

1999 - MROZ (Poland)

1st National Time Trial Championships
10th National Road Race Championships

2000 - Mat Ceresit-CCC (Poland)

1st, Stage 9, Peace Race
2nd National Time Trial Championships

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dainis Ozols Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.


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