Omar Pkhakadze

Omar Pchakadse ( born August 12, 1944 in Kutaisi, Georgia, † May 21, 1993 in Tbilisi ) was a Soviet racing cyclist Georgian nationality.

In 1965, Omar Pchakadse in San Sebastian World Sprint Champion of the Amateur, 1966 in Frankfurt, he was third in the sprint and 1969 in Brno vice-world champion in this discipline. Several times, he also set up world records over 200 meters.

Three times Pchakadse started the sprint at the Olympic Games, in 1964 in Tokyo, 1968 in Mexico City and in Munich in 1972, where he won the bronze medal behind his great French rival and gold medalist Daniel Morelon.

Cycling at the 1964 Summer Olympics Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics Jaap Eden Harry Reynolds (cyclist) Marcus Hurley Francesco Verri Victor Johnson (cyclist) William Bailey (cyclist) Maurice Peeters Lucien Michard Jaap Meijer Antoine Mazairac Albert Richter Jacobus van Egmond Toni Merkens Arie van Vliet Jan Derksen Enzo Sacchi Marino Morettini Cyril Peacock Giuseppe Ogna Michel Rousseau (cyclist) Patrick Sercu Pierre Trentin Luigi Borghetti Bill Huck Jens Fiedler (cyclist)
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