Dainis Ozols (born 11 September 1966) is a former professional cyclist from Latvia. In the 1992 Summer Olympics he won 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.[1] He competed in one Grand Tour in his career: the 1995 Vuelta a España, where he finished 50th overall.

Dainis Ozols
Personal information
Born (1966-09-11) 11 September 1966 (age 58)
Smiltene, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1994Trident–Schick
1995Novell–Decca–Colnago
1997–1998Mróz
2000Mat–Ceresit–CCC
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing  Latvia
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Individual Road Race

His surname is often misspelled as Ozolos and he is often incorrectly identified as having Polish or Lithuanian Nationality.[citation needed] Early in his amateur career, he did race as a national of the USSR.

Major results

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1988
3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
1st Stages 5 & 7
1989
1st Overall Rás Tailteann[2]
1st Stages 4 & 9 (ITT)
1st Stage 5 Giro delle Regioni
1st Stages 3 & 4 Girobio
1992
1st Overall Regio-Tour
1st Stage 1
3rd   Road race, Summer Olympics
1993
3rd Overall GP Tell
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Stage 4
1994
1st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
1st Stages 5 (ITT) & 7
1st Stage 3 Grand Prix François Faber
8th Overall Tour DuPont
1995
8th Tour de Berne
1996
4th Overall Peace Race
1st Stage 7
1997
National Road Championships
1st   Time trial
4th Road race
1st Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
1st Stage 9
1st Overall Tour of Małopolska
6th Overall Tour de Pologne
8th Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
10th Overall Tour of Sweden
1998
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
1999
1st   Time trial, National Road Championships
3rd Overall Saaremaa Velotuur
1st Stage 6 (ITT)
2000
1st Stage 9 Peace Race
2nd National Time Trial Championships
6th Overall Tour of Austria

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dainis Ozols Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Rás Tailteann".
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