Ole Højlund
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Full name | Ole Højlund Pedersen |
Date of birth | February 17, 1943 |
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discipline | Street |
height | 1.76 meters |
Racing weight | 80 kilograms |
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Current team | End of career |
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Aarhus Athlete Club | |
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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
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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
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Danish champion - team time trial (with Gunnar Asmussen , Thorkild Berg and Per Frandsen )
- 1966
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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 .
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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 |