Laima Zilporytė

Laima Zilporytė (born 5 April 1967 in Mediniai) is a retired female cyclist, who trained at Dynamo sports society in Panevėžys[1] and represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.[2] There she won the bronze medal in the women's individual road race, after being defeated in the sprint by the Netherlands' Monique Knol and West Germany's Jutta Niehaus.

Laima Zilporytė
Personal information
Born (1967-04-05) 5 April 1967
Medal record
Women's road cycling
Representing the  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Individual Road Race
UCI Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 Chambéry Team time trial
Silver medal – second place 1988 Renaix Team time trial

References
  1. Panorama of the 1986 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1987. p. 179.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Laima Zilporytė Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2016.


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