Richard Trinkler (born 22 August 1950) is a 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 ...

from Switzerland, who was a professional rider from 1987 to 1989. He represented his native country at 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, Laurent Vial and Benno Wiss. He also rode at the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

and

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () and officially branded as Moscow 1980 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1980 in Moscow, Soviet Union, in present-day Russ ...

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* 1950 births Living people People from Münchwilen District Swiss male cyclists Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for Switzerland Olympic silver medalists for Switzerland Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists from Thurgau 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-Olympic-medalist-stub