Roman Broniš

Roman Broniš (born 17 October 1976) is a Slovak former road cyclist,^[1] who now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Cycling Academy Trenčín.^[2][3] He represented his nation Slovakia in two editions of the Olympic Games (2000 and 2008).

Roman Broniš

Personal information
Full name	Roman Broniš
Born	(1976-10-17) 17 October 1976 (age 48) Bánovce nad Bebravou, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia)
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 1+1⁄2 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team	Cycling Academy Trenčín
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Directeur sportif
Amateur teams
2017	CK Spartak Tlmače
2018–2019	TJ Slávia ŠG Trenčín
Professional teams
2004–2005	Ed' System ZVVZ
2006	Dukla Trenčín
2007	DHL–Author
2008	Dukla Trenčín–Merida
2009	CK Windoor's Pribram
2010–2011	AC Sparta Praha
2012–2015	Dukla Trenčín–Trek
2016	CK Příbram Fany Gastro
Managerial team
2021–	Cycling Academy Trenčín

Career

Born in Bánovce nad Bebravou, Broniš made his official debut as an amateur cyclist at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he did not finish the men's road race against a vast field of more than a hundred cyclists.^[4] Broniš later turned professional in 2004, when he signed a two-year contract with Ed' System ZVVZ. Throughout his early sporting career, he competed for three annually contractual cycling teams (Dukla Trenčín, DHL–Author, and Dukla Trenčín–Merida), and also produced numerous triumphs at different stages in both local and global road cycling tournaments, specifically in Coupe des Carpathes (Poland), Tour du Maroc (Morocco), Tour of Libya, and UAE International Emirates Post Tour.

Eight years after competing in his last Olympics, Broniš qualified for his second Slovak squad, as a 33-year-old, in the men's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing by receiving one of the team's three berths from the UCI Europe Tour, along with his teammates Matej Jurčo and Ján Valach.^[5] Passing through the 161.2-kilometre (100.2-mile) mark, Broniš could not achieve a best possible result with a severe fatigue under the Beijing's intense heat, as he failed to complete the race for the second straight time in his Olympic career.^[6][7]

Major results

2001

National Road Championships

2nd Team time trial

3rd Road race

2002

1st Stage 1 Tour of Saudi Arabia

3rd Team time trial, National Road Championships

2003

1st Grand Prix Bradlo

1st Stage 3 Grand Prix Cycliste de Gemenc

2nd Coupe des Carpathes

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2005

3rd Road race, National Road Championships

2006

1st Overall Tour du Maroc

1st Coupe des Carpathes

2007

1st Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

2008

National Road Championships

2nd Road race

3rd Time trial

2nd Overall Tour of Libya

1st Stages 2, 3, 4 & 7

3rd Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour

1st Stage 4

3rd Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour

2009

1st Time trial, National Road Championships

9th Overall Okolo Slovenska

2011

2nd Time trial, National Road Championships

3rd Overall Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques

4th Overall Grand Prix Chantal Biya

2012

National Road Championships

4th Road race

5th Time trial

2013

5th Road race, National Road Championships

2016

3rd Time trial, National Road Championships

5th Memoriał Andrzeja Trochanowskiego