Rui Oliveira

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Rui Oliveira Road cycling
Rui Oliveira (2017)
Rui Oliveira (2017)
To person
Full name Rui Felipe Alves Oliveira
Date of birth 5th September 1996
nation PortugalPortugal Portugal
discipline Train / street
To the team
Current team UAE Team Emirates
function driver
Most important successes
UCI Track World Championships for Juniors
2014 bronze - single pursuit, two-man team driving
UEC European Rail Championships
2018 silver - elimination race
UEC European Rail Championships (U23)
2017 European Champion 2016 - elimination race
Last updated: November 20, 2019

Rui Felipe Alves Oliveira (born September 5, 1996 in Vila Nova de Gaia ) is a Portuguese cyclist who is active on track and road .

Athletic career

Rui Oliveira comes from a cycling enthusiast family: his brother Hélder, who is 13 years older, is an active cyclist, as is his twin brother Ivo .

In 2013 Oliveira was the European junior vice champion in scratch . In the same discipline he won the Portuguese junior title in scratch and finished third in the sprint . In the following year he won a bronze medal each at the track world championships for juniors in scratch and in two-man team driving (with his brother Ivo) as well as at the track European championships for juniors in scratch. In the same year he became three-time Portuguese champion, in the sprint, in the team sprint (with Ivo Oliveira and Predo Preto ) and in the team pursuit (with Ivo Oliveira, Predo Preto and Rodrigo Rocha ). Portuguese media then celebrated the Oliveira twins as a "double miracle".

In 2016, Rui Oliveira won the Portuguese championship title in keirin , in the 1000-meter time trial and in the single pursuit , he was runner-up behind his brother Ivo. In the following year he was U23 European champion in the elimination race , at the European Championship of the elite he won bronze in the same discipline.

In 2018 Oliveira finished second in the elimination run at the European Rail Championships . Together with his brother Ivo, he became national champion in two-man team driving and also U23 champion in road racing.

successes

Rui Oliveira (r.) And his twin brother Ivo

train

2013
2014
2016
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese champion - Keirin
2017
2018
2019
  • MaillotPortugal.PNGPortuguese Champion - Omnium, two-man team driving (with João Matias )

Street

2018
  • MaillotPortugal.PNG Portuguese Champion - Road Race (U23)

Teams

Web links

Commons : Rui Oliveira  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ana Tulha: De repente o ciclismo de pista em Portugal tem dois prodigios. In: publico.pt. August 24, 2014, accessed February 1, 2016 (Portuguese).
personal data
SURNAME Oliveira, Rui
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alves Oliveira, Rui Felipe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Portuguese cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1996
PLACE OF BIRTH Vila Nova de Gaia