Niels Fredborg

Niels Fredborg, 1967

Niels Christian Fredborg (born January 28, 1946 in Odder ) is a former Danish racing cyclist who was successful as a track cyclist . He won three medals in three Olympics and was multiple world champion.

Niels Fredborg was the dominant amateur track cyclist in Denmark, especially in the short-term disciplines from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. He won 27 national titles in the disciplines of team pursuit , sprint , 1000-meter time trial and tandem race . In 1967 Fredborg became world champion for the first time in his special discipline, the 1000-meter time trial. He defended his title at the UCI track world championships in 1968 , where he was also runner-up in the track sprint behind Daniel Morelon . At the 1968 Olympic Games he was defeated by the French Pierre Trentin, who was seven tenths of a second faster, in the 1000-meter time trial with a time of 1: 04.61 min . In 1970 Fredborg was again world champion in the 1000 m and runner-up in the track sprint, again behind Morelon. At the 1972 Olympic Games , Fredborg won the gold medal in the 1000-meter time trial with a time of 1: 06.44 minutes ahead of the Australian Danny Clark , who later became a specialist in six-day races . In 1976 in Montreal , Fredborg did not succeed in repeating his Olympic victory; behind Klaus-Jürgen Grünke and Michel Vaarten , he only achieved the bronze medal.

Fredborg became a professional cyclist after the 1976 Olympics . In 1980 he was third at the first professional World Cup in Keirin . He ended his career after a serious fall. In 1993 he became a member of the Hall of Fame of Danish Sports .

Fredborg lost part of his hearing in a fall on the Ordrup cycle track in 1965.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Niels Fredborg on dr.dk with video (Danish)
2. ↑ Det største øjeblik on aarhusportalen.dk ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Danish) 

Web links

• Niels Fredborg in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Niels Fredborg in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )