Oleg Nikolayevich Logvin (Russian: Олег Николаевич Логвин; born 23 May 1959) is a retired Soviet cyclist who specialized in road racing. He was part of the Soviet team that won the time trial event at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1] He also won a silver and a bronze medal in the team time trial at the 1981 and 1982 UCI Road World Championships.[2]

Oleg Logvin
Oleg Logvin in 1980
Personal information
Born (1959-05-23) 23 May 1959 (age 64)
Minsk, Belarusian SSR
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Medal record
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1980 Moscow Team time trial
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1981 Prague Team time trial
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Goodwood Team time trial
Logvin in 2019

In 1980 he won two stages and the overall competition at the Olympia's Tour. Two years later he finished second in the Milk Race, winning two stages in the process. He retired in 1986 to pursue a career in criminal law, but reconsidered and resumed training in 1987. Next year he finished third in the national championships, but was not selected for the Olympic team. He proceeded to compete for the first Soviet professional cycling team Alfa Lum, and later for Portuguese clubs, winning races at the Circuito de Alenquer in 1991 and in Porto in 1992.[2][3]

References edit

  1. ^ Oleg Logvin. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ a b Oleg Logvin. cyclingarchives.com
  3. ^ ЛОГВИН Олег Николаевич (велоспорт). Belarus Olympic Committee. noc.by