Dainis Ozols

Dainis Ozols

Medal record
Competitor for  Latvia
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
	Barcelona 1992	Individual Road Race

Dainis Ozols (born 11 September 1966 in Smiltene, Latvia) is a former 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.

Palmares

1992

• Bronze medal - Olympic Games road race, Barcelona, Spain
• winner - Regio-Tour, Germany

1993

1994 - Trident (Belgium)

• winner - Circuit Franco-Belge, Belgium

1995 - Novell (the Netherlands)

• 20th - La Flèche Wallonne, Belgium (classic)
• 50th - Vuelta a España
• 63rd - Liège–Bastogne–Liège, Belgium (world cup)

1996

• 92nd - Olympic Games road race, Atlanta, USA

1997 - MROZ (Poland)

1st National Time Trial Championships

• winner - Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, Germany
• winner - Tour of Małopolska

4th National Road Race Championships

• 26th - World Championships time trial, San Sebastian, Spain
• 64th - World Championships road race, San Sebastian, Spain
• 65th - Danmark Rundt

1998 - MROZ (Poland)

1st National Time Trial Championships

• 29th - World Championships time trial, Valkenburg, the Netherlands
• dnf - World Championships road race, Valkenburg, the Netherlands

1999 - MROZ (Poland)

1st National Time Trial Championships

10th National Road Race Championships

2000 - Mat Ceresit-CCC (Poland)

1st, Stage 9, Peace Race

2nd National Time Trial Championships

External links

• Dainis Ozols profile at Cycling Archives