Jiří Daler

Jiří Daler

Gert Bongers and Jiří Daler (right) at the 1967 World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1940-03-08) 8 March 1940 Brno, Czechoslovakia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track cycling
Club	Dukla Bratislava
Medal record Representing  Czechoslovakia Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Individual pursuit World championships 1964 Paris Individual pursuit 1965 San Sebastian Team pursuit 1966 Frankfurt Individual pursuit 1966 Frankfurt Team pursuit 1967 Amsterdam Individual pursuit

Jiří Daler (born 8 March 1940) is a retired cyclist from Czechoslovakia. As an amateur track cyclist he competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in five events in total. In the 4000 m individual pursuit, he won a gold medal in 1964 and finished in 14th place in 1968; in both Games he finished fifth in the team pursuit.^[1] Between 1964 and 1967 he won one silver and four bronze medals in the individual and team pursuit events at the world championships. In 1967, he also set two world records, in the 4000 m and 5000 m sprint.^[2] He then became a professional road racer and finished four times within the podium in 1968–1969: in Saint-Aigulin (1968), La Bastide d'Armagnac (1968), Saint-Raphael (1969) and Tour de l'Herault (1969).^[3]

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