Benno Wiss (born 13 July 1962) is a Swiss retired
track cyclist
Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles.
History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it wa ...
and
road bicycle racer
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most com ...
, who was a professional road rider from 1984 to 1986. He participated in the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's team time trial, alongside
Alfred Achermann,
Richard Trinkler
Richard Trinkler (born 22 August 1950) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1987 to 1989. He represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, ...
and
Laurent Vial.
He is a two-time winner of the
Circuit Franco-Belge
The Circuit Franco-Belge is a single day cycling race held annually in Belgium and France. The race was previously known as the Tour de Wallonie-Picarde in 2011 and as the Tour de l'Eurométropole from 2012 to 2021. From 2005 to 2015 the Tour de ...
.
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1962 births
Living people
Swiss male cyclists
Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for Switzerland
Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland
Olympic medalists in cycling
People from Muri District
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Cyclists from Aargau
20th-century Swiss sportsmen
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