Hans-Henrik Ørsted

Hans-Henrik Ørsted (born 13 December 1954 in Grenå) is a Danish former professional track cyclist and multi-medalist in the Olympics and World Championships at pursuit. He raced in many indoor Six-day racing events in Europe.

Hans-Henrik Ørsted

Personal information
Full name	Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Born	(1954-12-13) 13 December 1954 (age 68) Grenå, Denmark
Team information
Discipline	Track
Role	Rider
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  Denmark Olympic Games 1980 Moscow Pursuit World Championships 1984 Barcelona Professional pursuit 1985 Bassano del Grappa Professional pursuit 1987 Vienna Professional pursuit 1981 Brno Professional pursuit 1982 Leicester Professional pursuit 1986 Colorado Springs Professional pursuit 1980 Besançon Professional pursuit 1983 Zürich Professional pursuit

He turned professional following the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal.^[1]

At the World Championships as a professional, he won 3 gold medals, 3 silver, and 2 bronze.

Palmarès

1977

1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Copenhagen

1978

1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Århus

1st, Points race, National Track Championships, Århus

1980

3rd, Pursuit, Olympic Games, Moscow

3rd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Besançon

1st, Pursuit, National Track Championships, Odense

1981

1st, Six Days of Dortmund (with Gert Frank)

1st, Madison, European Track Championships (with Gert Frank)

2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Brno

3rd, Grand Prix des Nations

1st, Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank)

1982

2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Leicester

1st, Nienburg

1983

1st, Madison, European Track Championships (with Gert Frank)

1st, Six Days of Herning (with Gert Frank)

1st, Odense

3rd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Zürich

1984

1st, Six Days of Ghent (with Gert Frank)

1st, Six Days of Munich (with Gert Frank)

1st, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Barcelona

1985

1st, Six Days of Berlin (with Danny Clark)

1st, Six Days of Copenhagen (with Gert Frank)

1st, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Bassano del Grappa

1st, Trofeo Baracchi (with Francesco Moser)

1986

2nd, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Colorado Springs

Danmark Rundt

1st, Prologue

1st, Stage 5b

1987

1st, Professional Pursuit, UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Vienna

1988

1st, Six Days of Copenhagen (with Roman Hermann)

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

External links

• Hans-Henrik Ørsted at Cycling Archives