Oleg Petrovich Chuzhda
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born |
July 23, 1963 Kiev, Ukraine |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1990 | Alfa Lum |
| 1991-1992 | Seur[1] |
Oleg Petrovich Chuzhda or Czougeda (Олег Чужда),[note 1] born July 23, 1963 in Kiev, Ukraine, (then part of the USSR) is a former Soviet/Ukrainian cyclist. After a distinguished amateur career, he turned professional in 1990.
Biography
In 1981 he finished second in the junior world championship. The following year he was a member of the Soviet team competing in the team time trial in the UCI World Championships. The team came third at the 1982 championships and first in 1983.
Czougeda also won the 1984 Milk Race.
Chuzhda is the father of Ukrainian professional cyclist Oleg Chuzhda, Jr., who has been racing since 2005.
Palmares
- 1981
- 1st Giro della Lunigiana
- 2nd World Championship Road Junior
- 1982
- 3rd Milk Race.[note 2]
- 1st stage 2
- 1st team classification (USSR cycling team)
- 3rd World Championship men's team time trial (USSR national team)
- 1983
- World Championship team 100 km men's team time trial (USSR cycling team) (Yuri Kashirin, Sergei Navolokin, Alexandre Zinoviev)[2]
- 2nd Peace Race
- 3rd Tour de Bretagne Cycliste
- 5th Circuit de la Sarthe
- 1984
- 1st Milk Race[3]
- 1st stages 3, 5, 10, and 12
- 1st team classification (USSR cycling team)
- 1985
- 1st stage 7 Milk Race
- 1986
- 1st Tour of Sochi
- 1992
- 2nd Volta ao Alentejo
Distinction
1983: Master Emeritus sports (cycling) of the Soviet Union
Notes
- ↑ Transcriptions of the surname from Cyrillic into Latin characters have varied. The current standard English spelling of the surname is Chuzhda. However, in English press reports and record books during his career, his name was frequently spelled Czougeda or Tchugeda. Spelled "Tschushda" sites in German, or Tchougeda and Tschuchda in French
- ↑ In Milk Race 1982, a triple Soviet victory 1st Yuri Kashirin - 2nd Oleg Logvin - 3rd Oleg Chuzhda
References
- ↑ Miroir du cyclisme, No. 452, February 1992, Tschuchda spelling, date of birth given as 23/12/1963
- ↑ Mallon, Bill; Heijmans, Jeroen (2011). Historical Dictionary of Cycling. Historical Dictionaries of Sports. Scarecrow Press. p. 329. ISBN 9780810873698.
- ↑ Whitaker's Almanack (1985 ed.). p. 999. ISBN 9780850211535.
Oleg Chuzhda Petrovitch profile at Cycling Archives
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