Michal Klasa

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Michal Klasa (born 19 December 1953) is a retired cyclist from Czechoslovakia. He competed in four events in total at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics. In 1976, he finished in eights and fifth place in the 4000 m individual and team pursuit, respectively. In 1980, he won a bronze medal in the 100 km time trial, but failed to finish the individual road race. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by Czechoslovakia and competed in the Friendship Games instead, winning a bronze medal in the team road race.

Klasa won three medals at the world championships, in the team pursuit in 1974 and in the team time trial in 1981 and 1985. Between 1976 and 1985, he won more than 12 individual stages at major international races and three races overall, in Lidice (1979), Circuit des Ardennes (1981) and the Sealink Race (1981).

He retired around 1986 due to multiple past injuries and worked first as a cycling coach and then as a distributor of nutrition supplements.

References

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101806/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/kl/michal-klasa-1.html Michal Klasa]. sports-reference.com

[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=19566 Michal Klasa]. cyclingarchives.com

[http://brnensky.denik.cz/ostatni_region/cyklista-klasa-ujel--kilometru-se-zlomenou-celisti.html Cyklista Klasa ujel 80 kilometrů. Se zlomenou čelistí]. brnensky.denik.cz (2009-09-23)

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Category:1953 births

Category:Living people

Category:Czech male cyclists

Category:Czechoslovak male cyclists

Category:Cyclists from Brno

Category:Olympic cyclists for Czechoslovakia

Category:Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Category:Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic medalists in cycling

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia

Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics