Dainis Ozols

Dainis Ozols

Personal information
Born	11 September 1966 Smiltene, Soviet Union
Medal record Men's Cycling Representing  Latvia Olympic Games Barcelona 1992 Individual Road Race

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]

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)

• winner - Circuit Franco-Belge, Belgium

1995 - Novell (the Netherlands)

• 20th - La Flèche Wallonne, Belgium (classic)
• 50th - Vuelta a España
• 63rd - Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Belgium (world cup)

1996

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

1997 - MROZ (Poland)

1st National Time Trial Championships

• winner - Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Germany
• winner - Tour of Małopolska

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. "Dainis Ozols Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

External links

• Dainis Ozols profile at Cycling Archives