Jan Schur
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| Full name | Jan Schur | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 1962 Leipzig, East Germany | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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| 1990–1991 | Chateau d'Ax–Salotti | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Motorola | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jan Schur (born 27 November 1962) is a retired track cyclist and road cyclist from East Germany, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Uwe Ampler, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann.[1] He was a Stasi informer under the codename "Reinhold" from 1981 to 1989.[2]
Schur was a professional road cyclist from 1990 to 1994. His father Täve Schur (born 1931) was also a famous cyclist.
Major results
[edit]- 1982
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
- 1987
- 3rd Overall International Tour of Hellas
- 1st Stage 7
- 4th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1st Stage 6b (ITT)
- 1988
- 1st
Team time trial, Summer Olympics (with Uwe Ampler, Mario Kummer and Maik Landsmann) - 1st Stage 4 GP Tell
- 3rd Overall Tour du Vaucluse
- 1st Stage 1
- 1989
- 1st Stage 7 International Tour of Hellas
- 1990
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 1994
- 10th Nice-Alassio
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jan Schur Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ^ radsportnew.com vom 6. Dezember 2007: Jan Schur war „IM Reinhold“
External links
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- 1962 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Leipzig
- Sportspeople from Bezirk Leipzig
- East German male cyclists
- East German track cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for East Germany
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold
- Cyclists from Saxony
- German cycling Olympic medalist stubs
- Stasi informants