Laima Zilporytė

Laima Zilporytė
Personal information
Born (1967-04-05) 5 April 1967 (age 57)
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Individual Road Race
UCI Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Chambéry Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 1988 Renaix Team time trial

Laima Zilporytė (born 5 April 1967 in Mediniai) is a retired female cyclist, who trained at Dynamo sports society in Panevėžys[1] and represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[2] There she won the bronze medal in the women's individual road race, after being defeated in the sprint by the Netherlands' Monique Knol and West Germany's Jutta Niehaus.

References

  1. ^ Panorama of the 1986 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1987. p. 179.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laima Zilporytė Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2016.


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