Leonard Nitz

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Medal record
Competitor for United States
Men's Cycling
Olympic Games
Silver	LA 1984	Team Pursuit
Bronze	LA 1984	Individual Pursuit
Pan American Games
Bronze	Indianapolis 1987	Time Trial

Leonard Harvey Nitz (born September 30, 1956 in Hamilton, Ohio) is a retired track cyclist from the United States. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's 4.000m team pursuit and the bronze in the 4.000m individual pursuit.

Nitz was among the top US cyclists for longer than anybody since the early part of the century. He won the national 4.000m individual pursuit championship five times, in 1976 and from 1980 through 1983, the 1.000m time trial in 1982 and 1984, and the criterium in 1986. He also raced for the national team pursuit champions from 1980 through 1984 and in 1986, 1988, and 1989.

In international competition, Nitz was a member of the team pursuit champion at the Pan American Games in 1983 and 1987. He won a bronze in the world points championship in 1986, and took a silver medal in team pursuit and a bronze in the individual pursuit event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.