Uwe Ampler
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| Full name | Uwe Ampler | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1964 Zerbst, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1983–1989 | SC DHfK Leipzig | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1990 | PDM–Concorde–Ultima | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1991 | Histor–Sigma | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1993 | Team Telekom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1997–1998 | Mróz | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999 | Agro–Adler Brandenburg | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Uwe Ampler (born 11 October 1964) is a retired track and road cyclist who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[1] There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann.
Ampler won the Peace Race in 1987,[2] 1988, 1989 and 1998.
In August 1999 he tested positive for steroids during the Sachsen Tour and admitted he was doping.[3] His father, Klaus Ampler, was also a famous cyclist.
Major results
[edit]- 1983
- 1st Stage 1 Okolo Slovenska
- 1985
- 3rd Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stage 4
- 1986
- 1st Prologue Peace Race
- 3rd Overall Tour du Vaucluse
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
Overall DDR Rundfahrt - 1987
- 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stages 8, 9 (ITT) & 10
- 1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt
- 2nd Overall Tour du Vaucluse
- 1st Prologue
- 10th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1988
- 1st
Team time trial, Summer Olympics (with Mario Kummer, Jan Schur and Maik Landsmann) - 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1st Prologue & Stage 6 (ITT)
- 5th Overall GP Tell
- 1st Stage 7b
- 1989
- 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1st Stages 9 & 11
- 1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt
- 5th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
- 1st Stage 4a
- 1990
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1991
- 1st Stage 6 Paris-Nice
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1992
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 1993
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1998
- 1st Overall Peace Race
- 1999
- 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Uwe Ampler Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Velo Plus. Dendermonde: Velo. 1988. p. 251.
- ^ Cycling News
External links
[edit]- Uwe Ampler at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Uwe Ampler at ProCyclingStats
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