Pavel Buran is a professional track cyclist from the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

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. A multiple medalist at the European Championships, Buran won a bronze medal in the Keirin in 2000. As a junior, he is reputed to have done a track stand

Track stand

The track stand is a technique that bicycle riders can use to maintain balanced while their bicycle remains stationary or moves only minimal distances. The technique originated in track cycling and is now used by other types of cyclists wishing to stop for a short time without putting a foot on the...

 in the sprint event which lasted so long, the UCI introduced time limits for which riders were allowed to remain stationary during the event.

Palmarés

1990

2nd Sprint, UCI Track World Championships, Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough

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 - Juniors

1991

2nd Sprint, UCI Track World Championships - Juniors

2nd Tandem, UCI Track World Championships, Stuttgart

Stuttgart

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 - Amateurs

1992

2nd Tandem, UCI Track World Championships, Valencia - Amateurs

1998

3rd European Track Championships, Omnium, Sprint

1999

2nd European Track Championships, Omnium, Sprint

2000

3rd, Keirin, Track World Championships

2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

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, Manchester

Manchester

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2001

1st European Track Championships, Omnium, Sprint, Brno

Brno

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2002

2nd European Track Championships, Omnium, Sprint, Buttgen

3rd Team Pursuit, European Track Championships, Buttgen

2003

3rd Sprint, European Track Championships, Omnium, Moscow

Moscow

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2nd Sprint, Moscow

Moscow

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2004

3rd Sprint, European Track Championships, Omnium, Valencia

3rd Keirin, Moscow

Moscow

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2005

3rd Keirin, Sydney

Sydney

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