Dainis Ozols
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| Medal record | |||
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Competitor for  Latvia |
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| Road bicycle racing | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Bronze | Barcelona 1992 | Individual Road Race | |
Dainis Ozols (born 11 September 1966) is a professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he earned 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.
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.
[edit] Palmarès
- 1992
- 3rd, Summer Olympics Road Race
- 1st, Overall, Regio-Tour
- 1993
- 1st, Stage 4, Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1994
- 1st, Overall, Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st, Stage 5
- 1st, Stage 7
- 1996
- 1st, Stage 7, Peace Race
- Malopolski Wyscig Gorski/TV Wisla Tour
- 1st, Overall, Mountains Competition
- 1st, Stage 2
- 1st, Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1997
- 1st, Overall, Malopolski Wyscig Gorski
- 1st, Overall, Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 2000
- 1st, Stage 9, Peace Race
[edit] External links
- Dainis Ozols profile at the Cycling Website
- Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk
