The 1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The UCI Track Cycling World Championships are the set of world championship events for the various disciplines and distances in track cycling and are regulated by the Union Cycliste Internationale...

were the World Championship for track cycling

Track cycling

Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using track bicycles....

. They took place in Bogotá

Bogotá

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, Colombia

Colombia

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 from September 26 to 30. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women at the Velódromo Luis Carlos Galán

Velódromo Luis Carlos Galán

The Velódromo Luis Carlos Galán is a velodrome in Bogotá, Colombia, which hosted the 1995 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.The track is long and made of concrete.-References:*...

. There were three events held at the championships for the first time: men's team sprint (women's team sprint followed in 2007

2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The 2007 UCI Track Cycling World Championships is the World Championship for track cycling. It took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain from March 29, 2007 to April 1, 2007...

), men's madison and women's 500 m time trial. They replaced the men's tandem and men's stayers events.

Medal table

1		3	2	2	8
2		3		2	5
3		2	3	1	6
4		1	2		3
5		1	1		2
6		1		3	4
7		1			1
8			1		1
			1		1
			1		1
			1		1
12				1	1
				1	1
				1	1
				1	1

Medal summary

Men's Events
Men's sprint	Darryn Hill Darryn Hill Darryn William Hill is an Australian former racing cyclist, specialising in the sprint events of track cycling.- Palmarès :1994...	Curt Harnett Curt Harnett Curtis Melvin Harnett is a Canadian racing cyclist. He began cycling as a way to stay in shape for hockey...	Frédéric Magné Frédéric Magné Frédéric Magné is a French former track cyclist. Magné was the world champion in keirin in 1995, 1997 and 2000 and in tandem in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1994, each time with Fabrice Colas.- Palmarès :19871988198919911992...
	Shane Kelly Shane Kelly Shane John Kelly OAM is a former professional Australian track racing cyclist. Kelly specialized in the men's 1000 m time trial, commonly known as the Kilo. Kelly announced his retirement from international competition at the end of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics...	Florian Rousseau Florian Rousseau Florian Rousseau is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics . He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races...	Erin Hartwell
Men's keirin	Frédéric Magné Frédéric Magné Frédéric Magné is a French former track cyclist. Magné was the world champion in keirin in 1995, 1997 and 2000 and in tandem in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1994, each time with Fabrice Colas.- Palmarès :19871988198919911992...	Michael Hübner Michael Hübner Michael Hübner is a German former professional sprint track cyclist, who became world champion in sprint, Keirin and team sprint.- External links :...	Federico Paris
Men's team sprint	Jens Fiedler Michael Hübner Michael Hübner Michael Hübner is a German former professional sprint track cyclist, who became world champion in sprint, Keirin and team sprint.- External links :... Jan van Eijden Jan van Eijden Jan van Eijden is a German track cyclist born in Bad Neuenahr. He is a double World Champion in sprint and team sprint. He also won one world cup classic and four German national titles...	Benoit Vetu Herve Thuet Florian Rousseau Florian Rousseau Florian Rousseau is a French former track cyclist who won three gold medals and one silver at the Summer Olympics . He was popular among spectators for the facial expressions he pulled - many of them seeming to make his eyes bulge - to help him concentrate at the start of races...	Marty Nothstein Marty Nothstein Martin "Marty" Wayne Nothstein is an American professional road bicycle racer and track cyclist. He is a 3-time world champion in track events and an Olympic gold and silver medalist.-Early life:... Erin Hartwell Bill Clay
Men's madison	Silvio Martinello Silvio Martinello Silvio Martinello is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison in Sydney, Australia alongside Marco Villa. He was a professional rider from... Marco Villa Marco Villa Marco Villa is a road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the bronze medal in the men's Madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia alongside Silvio Martinello. He is a professional rider since 1993.-References:...	Gabriel Curuchet Gabriel Curuchet Gabriel Ovidio Curuchet is a retired road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina, who represented his native country at three Summer Olympics . He won the gold medal in the Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit at the 1987 Pan American Games, followed by the gold in the Men's Madison in 1999... Juan Curuchet Juan Curuchet Juan Esteban Curuchet is a road bicycle racer and track cyclist from Argentina.Curuchet represented Argentina at the Summer Olympics in 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008....	Kurt Betschart Kurt Betschart Kurt Betschart born 25 August 1968 in Erstfeld Switzerland is a former professional cyclist. He was a Six Day Track specialist holding a world record 37 victories with the same partner, Bruno Risi. He had a total of 47 professional victories and represented Switzerland at the Olympic games... Bruno Risi Bruno Risi Bruno Risi is a Swiss professional racing cyclist.He is the ninth Swiss sportsperson to compete at five Olympics , after middle-distance runner Paul Martin, equestrians Henri Chammartin and Gustav Fischer, javelin thrower Urs von Wartburg, equestrian Christine Stückelberger, and Alpine skier Paul...
Men's points race	Silvio Martinello Silvio Martinello Silvio Martinello is a retired road bicycle and track cyclist from Italy. He won the gold medal in the men's points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, followed by the bronze medal in the men's madison in Sydney, Australia alongside Marco Villa. He was a professional rider from...	Remigijus Lupeikis	Sergei Laurenenko
	Graeme Obree Graeme Obree Graeme Obree is a Scottish racing cyclist who twice broke the world hour record, in July 1993 and April 1994, and was the individual pursuit world champion in 1993 and 1995. He was known for his unusual riding positions and for the "Old Faithful" bicycle he built which included parts from a...	Andrea Colinelli	Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics...
Men's team pursuit	Bradley McGee Bradley McGee Bradley John McGee OAM is an Australian former professional racing cyclist. He is currently a directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Saxo Bank and the personal coach of young Australian rider Richie Porte. He started cycling in 1986 at the age of ten... Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady Stuart O'Grady OAM , nicknamed Stuey, is an Australian professional road bicycle racer on UCI ProTeam , who started as a track cyclist. He and Graeme Brown won a gold medal in Men's Madison at the 2004 Summer Olympics... Rodney McGee Tim O'Shannessy	Dimitri Tolstenkov Bogdan Bondariew Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Matveyev Sergiy Matveyev is a Ukrainian professional road bicycle racer for ISD–NERI team.- Palmares :2000- External links :*... Alexander Symonenko Alexander Symonenko Alexander Serhiyovych Symonenko is a Ukrainian former track cyclist. Symonenko was the world champion in individual pursuit in 2001, as well as the world champion in team pursuit as part of the Ukraine team in 1998 and 2001. In the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the team pursuit as...	Mariano Friedick Dirk Copeland Conrad Zach Matt Hamon Matt Hamon Matt Hamon is a former professional cyclist whose prime competitive years spanned from 1988–1996.He is the cousin of James Heuga, former US alpine ski racer. Huega won the 1963 NCAA slalom championship and won the bronze medal in slalom for the 1964 Olympic games.Hamon was a member to the US...
Women's Events
	Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...	Galina Enukhina	Michelle Ferris
Women's sprint	Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger Félicia Ballanger was a French racing cyclist.She won five world championships in the sprint and 500 m time trial. She was also a triple Olympic champion. She is tall and weighs .- Biography :...	Olga Slyusareva Olga Slyusareva Olga Anatolyevna Slyusareva is a Russian professional racing cyclist. She won a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in the points race, bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games in the points race, and at the 2004 Olympic Games in the road race.-Career highlights:19951998Olga Anatolyevna Slyusareva...	Erika Salumäe Erika Salumäe Erika Salumäe is an Estonian track bicycle racer who won the first Olympic gold medal for Estonia after the country regained its independence in 1991.She was born in Pärnu. She trained at VSS Kalev in Tallinn...
Women's points race	Svetlana Samokhalova	Nada Cristofoli	Nathalie Lancien Nathalie Lancien Nathalie Lancien is an French racing cyclist and olympic champion in track cycling.She received a gold medal in points race at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.-External links:...
Women's individual pursuit	Rebecca Twigg Rebecca Twigg Rebecca Twigg is an American former racing cyclist, who won six world track cycling championships in the individual pursuit...	Antonella Bellutti Antonella Bellutti Antonella Bellutti is an Italian racing cyclist and two-time Olympic champion in track cycling.Born in Bolzano, in South Tyrol, she now resides in Rovereto, in Trentino....	May-Britt Vaaland