Knut Knudsen

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Olympic medal record
Men's cycling
Gold 1972 Munich Individual pursuit

Knut Knudsen (born 12 October 1950) is a retired Norwegian cyclist.

He won the 4,000 m individual pursuit at the 1972 Summer Olympics and at the World Championships in 1973. He won 11 Norwegian championships and cycled professionally in Italy from 1973 to 1981. He has six stage wins in the Giro d'Italia, and in addition he has also wore the pink leader jersey in the prestigious tour. Knudsen won Tirreno-Adriatico in 1979. He was chosen the world's best time trial cyclist by two biggest sporting magazines from 1979 to 1981. On the whole he won 49 professional races.

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