Geir Digerud (born 19 May 1956) is a Norwegian cyclist. He was born in

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, and is the son of Per Digerud. He competed at the

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, where he placed 55th in the

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and eighth in

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with the Norwegian team. He won a bronze medal in

at the

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. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championship in 1977, 1978 and 1979, and represented the clubs Birkenes IL and SK Rye.

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1956 births Living people Cyclists from Oslo Norwegian male cyclists Olympic cyclists of Norway Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics {{Norway-cycling-bio-stub