Oleg Petrovich Chuzhda

Oleg Petrovich Chuzhda

Personal information
Born	July 23, 1963 Kiev, Ukraine
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1990	Alfa Lum
1991-1992	Seur[1]

Oleg Petrovich Chuzhda or Czougeda (Олег Чужда),^{[note 1]} born July 23, 1963 in Kiev, Ukraine, (then part of the USSR) is a former Soviet/Ukrainian cyclist. After a distinguished amateur career, he turned professional in 1990.

Biography

In 1981 he finished second in the junior world championship. The following year he was a member of the Soviet team competing in the team time trial in the UCI World Championships. The team came third at the 1982 championships and first in 1983.

Czougeda also won the 1984 Milk Race.

Chuzhda is the father of Ukrainian professional cyclist Oleg Chuzhda, Jr., who has been racing since 2005.

Palmares

1981

1st Giro della Lunigiana

2nd World Championship Road Junior

1982

3rd Milk Race.^{[note 2]}

1st stage 2

1st team classification (USSR cycling team)

3rd World Championship men's team time trial (USSR national team)

1983

World Championship team 100 km men's team time trial (USSR cycling team) (Yuri Kashirin, Sergei Navolokin, Alexandre Zinoviev)^[2]

2nd Peace Race

3rd Tour de Bretagne Cycliste

5th Circuit de la Sarthe

1984

1st Milk Race^[3]

1st stages 3, 5, 10, and 12

1st team classification (USSR cycling team)

1985

1st stage 7 Milk Race

1986

1st Tour of Sochi

1992

2nd Volta ao Alentejo

Distinction

1983: Master Emeritus sports (cycling) of the Soviet Union

Notes

1. Transcriptions of the surname from Cyrillic into Latin characters have varied. The current standard English spelling of the surname is Chuzhda. However, in English press reports and record books during his career, his name was frequently spelled Czougeda or Tchugeda. Spelled "Tschushda" sites in German, or Tchougeda and Tschuchda in French
2. In Milk Race 1982, a triple Soviet victory 1st Yuri Kashirin - 2nd Oleg Logvin - 3rd Oleg Chuzhda

References

1. Miroir du cyclisme, No. 452, February 1992, Tschuchda spelling, date of birth given as 23/12/1963
2. Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2011). Historical Dictionary of Cycling. Historical Dictionaries of Sports. Scarecrow Press. p. 329. ISBN 9780810873698.
3. Whitaker's Almanack (1985 ed.). p. 999. ISBN 9780850211535.

Oleg Chuzhda Petrovitch profile at Cycling Archives