Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Hans-Henrik Ørsted (born 13 December 1954 in Grenå) is a Danish former professional track cyclist and multi-medalist in the Olympics and World Championships at pursuit. He raced in many indoor Six-Day track races in Europe.
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| Born | 13 December 1954 Grenå, Denmark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He turned professional following the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal.[1]
At the World Championships as a professional, he won 3 gold medals, 3 silver, and 2 bronze.
Palmarès
- 1977
- 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Copenhagen
- 1978
- 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Århus
- 1st, Points race, National Track Championships, Århus
- 1980
- 3rd, Pursuit, Olympic Games, Moscow
- 3rd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Besançon
- 1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Odense
- 1981
- 1st, Dortmund Six Days (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Madison, European Track Championships (with Gert Frank)
- 2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Brno
- 3rd, Grand Prix des Nations
- 1st, Herning Six Days (with Gert Frank)
- 1982
- 2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Leicester
- 1st, Nienburg
- 1983
- 1st, European Championship, Track, Madison, Elite; (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Herning Six Days (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Odense
- 3rd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Zürich
- 1984
- 1st, Ghent Six Days (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Munich Six Days (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Barcelona
- 1985
- 1st, Berlin Six Days (with Danny Clark)
- 1st, Copenhagen Six Days (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bassano del Grappa
- 1st, Trofeo Baracchi (with Francesco Moser)
- 1986
- 2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Colorado Springs
- Danmark Rundt
- 1st, Prologue
- 1st, Stage 5b
- 1987
- 1st, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Vienna
- 1988
- 1st, Copenhagen Six Days (with Roman Hermann)
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hans-Henrik Ørsted". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links
- Hans-Henrik Ørsted at Cycling Archives
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