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| Full name | Stephen Edward Hegg | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1963-12-03) December 3, 1963 (age 61) Dana Point, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1988 | Sunkyong–SKC | |||||||||||||||||
| 1990–1991 | Subaru–Montgomery | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1996 | Chevrolet–L.A. Sheriff | |||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Saturn | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Shaklee | |||||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Ikon–Lexus | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Stephen Edward "Steve" Hegg (born December 3, 1963) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from the United States, who was a professional rider from 1988 to 2000. He represented the US at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the gold medal in the 4000m individual pursuit and silver in the 4000m team pursuit.
In road bicycle racing, Hegg became the first three-time winner of the United States national individual time trial championship, winning the elite men's race in 1990, 1995 and 1996. In 1994, Hegg captured the United States national road race championship.
Major results
- 1984
- Olympic Games
- 1st
Individual pursuit - 1st
Team pursuit
- 1st
- 1st
Individual pursuit, National Track Championships - 1987
- 1st
Team time trial (with Kent Bostick, John Frey & Andrew Paulin), Pan American Games - 1989
- 1st Individual pursuit, National Track Championships
- 1990
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1992
- 1st Stage 11 Tour DuPont
- 1993
- 1st Stage 5 Cascade Cycling Classic
- 1st Prologue (ITT) Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 10th Overall Tour DuPont
- 1994
- 1st Stage 3 Redlands Bicycle Classic
- 1995
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour of China
- 1st Prologue
- 4th Overall West Virginia Classic
- 1st Stage 3 (ITT)
- 1996
- 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1998
- 2nd Manhattan Beach Grand Prix
- 1999
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2000
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steve Hegg". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
External links
- Steve Hegg at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Steve Hegg at ProCyclingStats
- Steve Hegg at CycleBase
- Steve Hegg at databaseOlympics.com
- Steve Hegg at Olympedia (archive)
- Stephen Edward Hegg at Olympics.com
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