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.
He turned professional following the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal.
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
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1954 births
Living people
Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Danish male cyclists
Olympic bronze medalists for Denmark
Olympic cyclists for Denmark
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Olympic medalists in cycling People from Norddjurs Municipality Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Danish track cyclists Cyclists from the Central Denmark Region