Sergei Nikolaevich Sukhoruchenkov (Russian: Серге́й Николаевич Сухорученков, born 10 August 1956) is a former Soviet and Russian cyclist and Olympic Champion. He won the gold medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, in the road race.[1][2]
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| Born | 10 August 1956 Trostnaya, Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1977–1978 | Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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| 1989 | Alfa Lum–STM | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Lada–Ghzel | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He won the Peace Race twice, in both 1979 and 1984. Sukhoruchenkov won the 1990 edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile.
His daughter Olga Zabelinskaya is also a cyclist and won two bronze medals in the 2012 Olympic Games, in both the road race and the individual time trial; as well as the silver medal in the individual time trial of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Major results
edit- 1978
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 1, 6a & 9
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Cuba
- 1st Stages 2 & 7
- 1st Stage 5 Milk Race
- 1979
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stages 4 & 5
- 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stage 6
- 1980
- 1st Road race, Summer Olympics
- 1st Stage 9 Milk Race
- 1st Stage 4 Giro delle Regioni
- 2nd Overall Okolo Slovenska
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 8 & 11
- 3rd Overall Milk Race
- 1981
- 1st Overall Giro delle Regioni
- 1st Stages 1 & 5
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stage 8
- 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
- 1982
- 1st Stage 8 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Stage 4 Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1984
- 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stage 8
- 1990
- 1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
- 1st Stage 3
References
edit- ^ Profile: "Sergey Sukhoruchenkov" Archived 11 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 18 January 2008)
- ^ "Sergei Sukhoruchenkov Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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