Stephen Edward Hegg (born December 3, 1963) 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 the

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, who was a professional rider from 1988 to 2000. He represented the US 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 ...

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, where he won the gold medal in the 4000m individual pursuit and silver in the 4000m team pursuit. In road bicycle racing, Hegg became the first three-time winner of the United States national individual time trial championship, winning the elite men's race in 1990, 1995 and 1996. In 1994, Hegg captured the United States national road race championship.

Major results

;1984 :

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::1st

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...

::1st

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 ...

: 1st

Individual pursuit,

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;1987 : 1st Gold medal blank

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ...

(with Kent Bostick, John Frey & Andrew Paulin),

Pan American Games The Pan American Games, known as the Pan Am Games, is a continental multi-sport event in the Americas. It features thousands of athletes participating in competitions to win different summer sports. It is held among athletes from nations of th ...

;1989 : 1st MaillotUSA

Individual pursuit,

;1990 : 1st MaillotUSA

Time trial In many racing sports, an sportsperson, athlete (or occasionally a team of athletes) will compete in a time trial (TT) against the clock to secure the fastest time. The format of a time trial can vary, but usually follow a format where each athle ...

, National Road Championships ;1992 : 1st Stage 11

Tour DuPont The Tour DuPont was a cycling stage race in the United States held annually between 1989 and 1996, initially called the Tour de Trump in the first two years. It was intended to become a North American cycling event similar in format and prestig ...

;1993 : 1st Stage 5

Cascade Cycling Classic The Cascade Cycling Classic was the longest running elite road bicycle racing stage race in the United States (1980–2019), with 2018 being the only year the race was not held. The race was held again in 2019, but then canceled due to Covid in 20 ...

: 1st Prologue (ITT)

Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is the longest continuous running invitational, professional cycle sport, cycling stage race in American bike racing, located in Redlands, California, United States. The race began in 1985 after the 1984 Summer Olympic ...

: 10th Overall

;1994 : 1st Stage 3

;1995 : 1st MaillotUSA

, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall

Tour of China The Tour of China is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in China since 1995. The race is sanctioned by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race as part of the UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits ...

::1st Prologue : 4th Overall West Virginia Classic ::1st Stage 3 (ITT) ;1996 : 1st MaillotUSA

, National Road Championships ;1998 : 2nd Manhattan Beach Grand Prix ;1999 : 2nd

, National Road Championships ;2000 : 3rd

, National Road Championships

References

External links

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Steve Hegg at databaseOlympics.com
* * 1963 births Living people American male cyclists Cyclists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in cycling Olympic silver medalists for the United States in cycling American cycling road race champions Cyclists from California Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics American track cyclists Cyclists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in cycling 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub