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Jiří Daler

Jiří Daler
Gert Bongers, Jiří Daler 1967.jpg
Gert Bongers and Jiří Daler (right) at the 1967 World Championships
Personal information
Born (1940-03-08) 8 March 1940 (age 77)
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport Track cycling
Club Dukla Bratislava

Jiří Daler (born 8 March 1940) is a retired cyclist from Czechoslovakia. As an amateur track cyclist he competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in five events in total. In the 4000 m individual pursuit, he won a gold medal in 1964 and finished in 14th place in 1968; in both Games he finished fifth in the team pursuit. Between 1964 and 1967 he won one silver and four bronze medals in the individual and team pursuit events at the world championships. In 1967, he also set two world records, in the 4000 m and 5000 m sprint. He then became a professional road racer and finished four times within the podium in 1968–1969: in Saint-Aigulin (1968), La Bastide d'Armagnac (1968), Saint-Raphael (1969) and Tour de l'Herault (1969).


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