Hans-Henrik Ørsted
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| Full name | Hans-Henrik Ørsted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 December 1954 Grenå, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 racing events in Europe.
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
[edit]- 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, Six Days of Dortmund (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, Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank)
- 1982
- 2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Leicester
- 1st, Nienburg
- 1983
- 1st, Madison, European Track Championships (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Odense
- 3rd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Zürich
- 1984
- 1st, Six Days of Ghent (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Six Days of Munich (with Gert Frank)
- 1st, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Barcelona
- 1985
- 1st, Six Days of Berlin (with Danny Clark)
- 1st, Six Days of Copenhagen (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, Six Days of Copenhagen (with Roman Hermann)
References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- Hans-Henrik Ørsted at Cycling Archives (archived)
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