Laima Zilporyte
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Laima Zilporytė is a retired female cyclist, who trained at Dynamo sports society in Panevėžys
and represented the USSR
at the 1988 Summer Olympics
in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the bronze medal in the women's individual road race, after being defeated in the sprint by Holland's Monique Knol
and West Germany
's Jutta Niehaus
.
Panevežys
Panevėžys see also other names, is the fifth largest city in Lithuania. As of 2008, it occupied 50 square kilometers with 113,653 inhabitants. The largest multifunctional arena in Panevėžys is the Cido Arena...
and represented the USSR
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. There were two categories of events – road cycling and track cycling.-Medal table:-Men's Events:-Women's events:-References:*...
in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the bronze medal in the women's individual road race, after being defeated in the sprint by Holland's Monique Knol
Monique Knol
Monique Knol is a retired racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who won a medal in two consecutive Summer Olympics , starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the road race, taking a bronze in the same event four years later in Barcelona, Spain.-References:...
and West Germany
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
's Jutta Niehaus
Jutta Niehaus
Judith Niehaus is a retired racing cyclist from West Germany, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There she won the silver medal in the women's individual road race, losing to Holland's Monique Knol in the sprint. She was born in Bocholt, North...
.