Ole Højlund

Ole Højlund
To person
Full name	Ole Højlund Pedersen
Date of birth	February 17, 1943
nation	Denmark
discipline	Street
height	1.76 meters
Racing weight	80 kilograms
To the team
Current team	End of career
Societies)
	Aarhus Athlete Club
Most important successes
	UCI Road World Championships 1966 - team time trial
	Last updated: November 26, 2016

Ole Højlund Pedersen (born February 17, 1943 in Aarhus , Denmark) is a former Danish cyclist.

Athletic career

He started for the Herning Cycling Club .

In 1964 Ole Højlund started in the road race at the Olympic Games in Tokyo and finished 15th in the individual standings and seventh with the team. In the same year he became both Nordic and Danish champions in the team time trial . In 1965 he was two-time Nordic champion - in road racing and in team time trial -, again Danish champion in team time trial and won two stages of the Tour de l'Avenir internationally .

In 1966 Højlund became world champions in team time trial at the Nürburgring with Verner Blaudzun , Fleming Wisborg and Per Norup Hansen . In 1968 he started a second time at the Olympic Games . He was 26th in the road race and fourth with the team.

Three times - 1967 , 1968 and 1969 - Højlund took part in the International Peace Tour . In 1968 he decided the 13th stage from Krakow to Rzeszów for himself.

Honors

On the 50th anniversary of their World Cup victory, Blaudzun, Wisborg, Norup Hansen and Højlund were received in Aarhus City Hall. At this point, the four men had not met in 48 years. Højlund continues to live in his hometown; his World Cup medal was lost when he moved.

successes

1964

Danish champion - team time trial (with Erik Skelde , Gunnar Asmussen and Thorvald Knudsen )

1965

two stages Tour de l'Avenir
one stage tour of Sweden
Danish champion - team time trial (with Gunnar Asmussen , Thorkild Berg and Per Frandsen )

1966

World Champion - Team Time Trial (with Verner Blaudzun , Fleming Wisborg and Per Norup Hansen )

1968

a stage of the peace journey

Web links

Ole Højlund in the Radsportseiten.net database

Ole Højlund in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 35/1966 . Berlin, S. 2 .
↑ Tommy Poulsen: VM chamber chief mødtes for first gang i 48 år. Århus Stiftstidende, September 1, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .

personal data
SURNAME	Højlund, Ole
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pedersen, Ole Højlund (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 17, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH	Aarhus , Denmark

[1] German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 35/1966 . Berlin, S. 2 .

[2] Tommy Poulsen: VM chamber chief mødtes for first gang i 48 år. Århus Stiftstidende, September 1, 2016, accessed November 26, 2016 .