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Imants Bodnieks

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Imants Bodnieks
Imants Bodnieks (left) and Viktor Logunov at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameImant Dzhemsovich Bodnieks
Имант Джемсович Бодниекс
Born (1941-05-20) 20 May 1941 (age 83)
Riga, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
DisciplineTrack
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1964 Tokyo Tandem

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.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Imants Bodnieks". CyclingArchives.com.
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