Mikhail Ivanovich Kolyushev (; 28 April 1943 – 9 June 2024) was a Soviet cyclist from

Tajikistan Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Dushanbe is the capital city, capital and most populous city. Tajikistan borders Afghanistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, south, Uzbekistan to ...

. He trained in the

Dushanbe Dushanbe is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 1,564,700, with this population being largely Tajiks, Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe, and from 1929 to 1961 as St ...

Dynamo voluntary sports society, and later in

Tashkent Tashkent (), also known as Toshkent, is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uzbekistan, largest city of Uzbekistan. It is the most populous city in Central Asia, with a population of more than 3 million people as of April 1, 2024. I ...

. He competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

in the 4 km

team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

and finished in fourth place. He was part of the Soviet teams that won the team pursuit at the 1965 and 1967

UCI Track Cycling World Championships The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling. They are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale. Before 1900, they were administered by the UCI ...

. Between 1965 and 1968 Kolyushev won six national titles in various track events and set a world record in the 1 km

track time trial The track time trial is a track cycling event where cyclists compete individually against the clock to record the fastest time over the specified distance from a standing start. Time trial bikes Track time trial bikes differ from normal track b ...

(1:01.32, 1967). Kolyushev died on 9 June 2024, at the age of 81.Двукратный чемпион мира по велоспорту Михаил Колюшев умер на 82-м году жизни

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kolyushev, Mikhail 1943 births 2024 deaths Sportspeople from Dushanbe Tajikistani male cyclists Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Soviet male cyclists Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)