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Full name | Rolf Gölz | |||||||||||||||
Born |
Bad Schussenried, West Germany |
20 September 1962 |||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||
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Rolf Gölz (born 30 September 1962) is a retired road and track cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1993. He won the German National Road Race in 1985.
He represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's individual pursuit, behind America's Steve Hegg. At the same Olympic Games, Gölz also claimed the bronze medal in the 4,000 m team pursuit. Other victories included the 1988 editions of Paris–Brussels and the Nissan Classic.