Kōichi Nakano
Kōichi Nakano (2018) | |
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Date of birth | November 14, 1955 |
nation | Japan |
discipline | Train (short-term) / street |
Last updated: March 25, 2018 |
Kōichi Nakano ( Japanese 中 野 浩 一 , Nakano Kōichi ; born November 14, 1955 in Kurume , Fukuoka Prefecture ) is a former Japanese track cyclist and ten-time world champion.
Kōichi Nakano started out as a professional Keirin driver in Japan , where he was already considered the most successful driver in this sport: in around 1200 starts, he achieved 600 victories. He is said to have earned around ten million dollars. *
In the sprint , Nakano was looking for a new challenge on the international stage. In 1977 he won the world championship in the professional sprint for the first time . He was able to defend this title nine times in a row until 1986, making him the most successful sprinter to date.
Keirin became internationally known through Nakano, introduced in 1980 as a world championship discipline and has also been played at the Olympic Games since 2000. He himself started in 1990 in front of a home crowd at a UCI World Championship in Keirin and in 1991 , but could not win a medal. At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney , where Keirin was part of the Olympic program for the first time, he acted as a pacemaker .
After the end of his active cycling career, Nakano worked as a sports commentator for Japanese television.
successes
- 1977
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1978
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1979
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1980
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1981
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1982
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1983
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1984
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1985
- World Champion - Sprint
- 1986
- World Champion - Sprint
Web links
- Kōichi Nakano in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Koichi Nakano - Emperor of the sprint. In: uci.ch. April 3, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wall of Fame: "Koichi Nakano" ( Memento from February 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Koichi Nakano - Emperor of the sprint. In: uci.ch. April 3, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2018 .
- ↑ The Rainbow Jersey: Koichi Nakano a Cycling Legend: The Greatest Track Sprinter. In: therainbowjersey.blogspot.de. November 10, 2010, accessed March 25, 2018 .
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SURNAME | Nakano, Kōichi |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 中 野 浩 一 (Japanese) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1955 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kurume |