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Sean Bloch (born 16 December 1973) is a South African former Olympic cyclist.
Early life
Bloch was born in South Africa, and is Jewish. He is the older brother of Olympian cyclist Garen Bloch of South Africa.
Cycling career
Bloch won 12 South African national titles, and held South African national cycling records in the 500-m individual time trial (junior and senior), 1000-m individual time trial (senior), flying 200-m time trial (senior), and individual pursuit (junior).
He competed in two cycling events for Team South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 18. In the individual time trial event he finished in 26th place with a time of 1:10.145, and in the individual sprint event he finished 22nd in the preliminaries with a time of 12.186, lost to Frederic Magne of France in the second round, and was eliminated by Ainārs Ķiksis of Latvia in his consolation race.
He was Team Australia’s cycling captain at the 2013 Maccabiah Games. He was then Team Australia's flag bearer and team captain at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, where he won a silver medal for South Africa in the Open-Cycling-ITT 21 km 40+ (M) with a time of 30:52.
References
- ^ Bloch, Sean : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum
- "Endurance athletes on the road to glory"
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sean Bloch Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
- ^ Olympic experience leads our cycling team | News | Maccabiah
- Farewell to the NSW Maccabiah contingent…and 1997 remembered » J-Wire
- Results - 20th Maccabiah 2017
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Jewish South African sportspeople
- South African male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for South Africa
- Cyclists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Maccabiah Games silver medalists for South Africa
- Competitors at the 2013 Maccabiah Games
- Competitors at the 2017 Maccabiah Games
- South African cycling biography stubs