Roman Broniš (born 17 October 1976) is a Slovak former road cyclist,[1] who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Cycling Academy Trenčín.[2][3] He represented his nation Slovakia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2008).
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Roman Broniš |
| Born | 17 October 1976 |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Cycling Academy Trenčín |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
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| Amateur teams | |
| 2017 | CK Spartak Tlmače |
| 2018–2019 | TJ Slávia ŠG Trenčín |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004–2005 | Ed' System ZVVZ |
| 2006 | Dukla Trenčín |
| 2007 | DHL–Author |
| 2008 | Dukla Trenčín–Merida |
| 2009 | CK Windoor's Pribram |
| 2010–2011 | AC Sparta Praha |
| 2012–2015 | Dukla Trenčín–Trek |
| 2016 | CK Příbram Fany Gastro |
| Managerial team | |
| 2021– | Cycling Academy Trenčín |
Career
editBorn in Bánovce nad Bebravou, Broniš made his official debut as an amateur cyclist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he did not finish the men's road race against a vast field of more than a hundred cyclists.[4] Broniš later turned professional in 2004, when he signed a two-year contract with Ed' System ZVVZ. Throughout his early sporting career, he competed for three annually contractual cycling teams (Dukla Trenčín, DHL–Author, and Dukla Trenčín–Merida), and also produced numerous triumphs at different stages in both local and global road cycling tournaments, specifically in Coupe des Carpathes (Poland), Tour du Maroc (Morocco), Tour of Libya, and UAE International Emirates Post Tour.
Eight years after competing in his last Olympics, Broniš qualified for his second Slovak squad, as a 33-year-old, in the men's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the team's three berths from the UCI Europe Tour, along with his teammates Matej Jurčo and Ján Valach.[5] Passing through the 161.2-kilometre (100.2-mile) mark, Broniš could not achieve a best possible result with a severe fatigue under the Beijing's intense heat, as he failed to complete the race for the second straight time in his Olympic career.[6][7]
Major results
edit- 2001
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Team time trial
- 3rd Road race
- 2002
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Saudi Arabia
- 3rd Team time trial, National Road Championships
- 2003
- 1st Grand Prix Bradlo
- 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc
- 2nd Coupe des Carpathes
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2005
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2006
- 1st Overall Tour du Maroc
- 1st Coupe des Carpathes
- 2007
- 1st Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
- 2008
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 2nd Overall Tour of Libya
- 1st Stages 2, 3, 4 & 7
- 3rd Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour
- 1st Stage 4
- 3rd Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
- 2009
- 1st
Time trial, National Road Championships - 9th Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2011
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques
- 4th Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 4th Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 2013
- 5th Road race, National Road Championships
- 2016
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roman Broniš". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Cycling Academy Trenčín". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Podcast - Roman Broniš o novém slovenském kontinentálním týmu Cycling Academy Trenčín" [Podcast - Roman Broniš about the new Slovak continental team Cycling Academy Trenčín]. RoadCycling.cz (in Czech). RoadCycling CZ s.r.o. 4 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Cycling – Men's Road Race" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 31. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- ^ "Petra Velitsa hnevá spôsob výberu cyklistov na olympijské hry" [Petra Velitsa felt angry at cyclists' Olympic selection] (in Slovak). SME. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "Men's Road Race". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
- ^ "Valach spokojný, osudným mu bolo predposledné stúpanie" [Valach was satisfied with a penultimate climb] (in Slovak). SME. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
External links
edit- Official website
- Roman Broniš at ProCyclingStats
- NBC 2008 Olympics profile
- Roman Broniš at Cycling Archives (archived)