Imants Bodnieks (born 20 May 1941) is a retired Latvian track cyclist. He competed at the 1960 Olympics in the 1000 m sprint and at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the tandem and won a silver medal in the tandem in 1964 together with Viktor Logunov.[1][2] His father Džems Bodnieks was a prominent Latvian artist.
 Imants Bodnieks (left) and Viktor Logunov at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Imant Dzhemsovich Bodnieks Имант Джемсович Бодниекс | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 1941 Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Imants Bodnieks". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 26 February 2014.
- ^ "Imants Bodnieks". CyclingArchives.com.
External links
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- Imant Bodnieks at Olympics.com
- Imant Bodnieks at Olympic.org (archived)
- Imants Bodnieks at Olympedia
- Imants Bodnieks at the Latvijas Olimpiskā komiteja (in Latvian) (English translation, archive)
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