Laima Zilporytė (born 5 April 1967 in
Mediniai) is a retired female
cyclist
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, who trained at
Dynamo sports society
Dynamo, also Dinamo, (; , Belarusian: Дынама, ka, დინამო) was a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union
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in
Panevėžys
Panevėžys (; Latin: ''Panevezen''; pl, Poniewież; yi, פּאָנעװעזש, ''Ponevezh''; see also other names) is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2011, it occupied with 113,653 inhabitants. As defined by Eurostat, the populatio ...
and represented the
USSR
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at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul, South Korea
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.
There she won the bronze medal in the women's individual road race, after being defeated in the sprint by the
Netherlands
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Monique Knol
Monique Knol (born 31 March 1964 in Wolvega, Friesland) is a former racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won a medal in two consecutive Summer Olympics (gold and bronze), starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the road race, ...
and
West Germany
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's
Jutta Niehaus
Judith ("Jutta") Niehaus (born 1 October 1964) is a retired racing cyclist from West Germany, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the silver medal in the women's individual road r ...
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References
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databaseOlympics
1967 births
Living people
Soviet female cyclists
Lithuanian female cyclists
Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union
Olympic cyclists for Lithuania
Olympic bronze medalists for the Soviet Union
Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
People from Panevėžys County
Olympic medalists in cycling
UCI Road World Champions (women)
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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