Sergei Sukhoruchenkov
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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 | Trostnaya, Bryansk Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | 10 August 1956||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||
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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.
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