Niels Fredborg
Danish cyclist (born 1946)
![]() Niels Fredborg in 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1946-10-28) 28 October 1946 (age 77) Odder, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Aarhus Bane – Klub, Århus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Niels Christian Fredborg (born 28 October 1946) is a retired Danish track cyclist. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the sprint and 1 km time trial events, winning a silver, a gold and a bronze medal in the time trial in 1968, 1972 and 1976, respectively. In 1972 he was Denmark's only Olympic medalist.[1]
At the Track Cycling World Championships, Fredborg won the 1 km time trial in 1967, 1968 and 1970.
References
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External links
- Niels Fredborg. arosfame.dk
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Olympic cycling champions in men's track time trial
- 1896:
Paul Masson (FRA)
- 1928:
Willy Hansen (DEN)
- 1932:
Edgar Gray (AUS)
- 1936:
Arie van Vliet (DEN)
- 1948:
Jacques Dupont (FRA)
- 1952:
Russell Mockridge (AUS)
- 1956:
Leandro Faggin (ITA)
- 1960:
Sante Gaiardoni (ITA)
- 1964:
Patrick Sercu (BEL)
- 1968:
Pierre Trentin (FRA)
- 1972:
Niels Fredborg (DEN)
- 1976:
Klaus-Jürgen Grünke (GDR)
- 1980:
Lothar Thoms (GDR)
- 1984:
Fredy Schmidtke (FRG)
- 1988:
Aleksandr Kirichenko (URS)
- 1992:
José Manuel Moreno (ESP)
- 1996:
Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 2000:
Jason Queally (GBR)
- 2004:
Chris Hoy (GBR)
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