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Iúri Leitão

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Iúri Leitão
Leitão at the 2024 UEC European Track Championships. He is a white man in his early twenties with short hair, wearing a Portuguese cycling suit.
Personal information
Full nameIúri Gabriel Dantas Leitão
Born (1998-07-03) 3 July 1998 (age 26)
Viana do Castelo, Portugal
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current teamCaja Rural–Seguros RGA
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2017Miranda–Mortágua
2018–2019Sicasal–Constantinos–Delta Cafés
2020Super Froiz[1]
Professional teams
2021Tavfer–Measindot–Mortágua[2][3]
2022–Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
Major wins
Track
Olympic Games
Madison (2024)
World Championships
Omnium (2023)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Portugal
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Madison
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Omnium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Glasgow Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2021 Roubaix Elimination
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2020 Plovdiv Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2022 Munich Scratch
Gold medal – first place 2024 Apeldoorn Scratch
Silver medal – second place 2020 Plovdiv Elimination
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Points race
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Plovdiv Omnium
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Grenchen Madison
U23 & Junior European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Fiorenzuola Under-23 points race
Silver medal – second place 2020 Fiorenzuola Under-23 scratch

Iúri Gabriel Dantas Leitão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈjuɾi ɡɐbɾiˈɛl ˈdɐ̃tɐʃ lejˈtɐ̃w̃]; born 3 July 1998) is a Portuguese road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Caja Rural–Seguros RGA. He won a silver medal in the elimination event at the 2021 World Championships. Two years later, Leitão took the highest place on the podium after winning the 2023 World Championships omnium event, becoming the first Portuguese rider to win a world championship title in track cycling. Competing in his first Olympic Games in Paris 2024, he won a gold medal in the Madison event alongside Rui Oliveira and the silver medal in the omnium event, making him the first Portuguese track cyclist to win an Olympic medal, the first Portuguese sportsperson to win two Olympic medals in a single edition, and his country's first-ever Olympic champion in a sport other than athletics.

Major results

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Road

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2018
1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal do Futuro
2021
Volta ao Alentejo
1st Points classification
1st Stages 2 & 3
2022
6th Overall Ronde de l'Oise
1st Stage 2
2023 (3 pro wins)
1st Overall International Tour of Hellas
1st Points classification
1st Stage 3
GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela
1st Stages 2 & 3
1st Stage 2 CRO Race
2024 (1)
Volta ao Alentejo
1st Points classification
1st Stage 5
1st Stage 1a (ITT) International Tour of Hellas
1st Stage 2 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela

Track

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2016
1st Points race, National Junior Championships
2018
3rd Scratch, National Championships
2019
3rd Madison, National Championships (with Wilson Esperanca)
2020
UEC European Championships
1st Scratch
2nd Elimination
3rd Omnium
National Championships
1st Scratch
2nd Individual pursuit
2nd Points race
UEC European Under-23 Championships
2nd Scratch
2nd Points race
2nd Elimination
2021
National Championships
1st Madison (with Daniel Dias)
1st Omnium
UCI Champions League
1st Elimination, London
2nd Scratch, Palma
2nd Elimination, UCI World Championships
UEC European Championships
2nd Points race
3rd Madison (with Rui Oliveira)
UCI Nations Cup, St. Petersburg
2nd Madison (with João Matias)
2nd Omnium
2022
1st Scratch, UEC European Championships
National Championships
1st Madison (with João Matias)
1st Scratch
2nd Omnium
2023
1st Omnium, UCI World Championships
2024
Olympic Games
1st Madison (with Rui Oliveira)
2nd Omnium
1st Scratch, UEC European Championships

References

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  1. ^ "Primeiro podio do ano para o Super Froiz. Iuri Leitao, proclámase campión de Portugal" [First podium of the year for the Super Froiz. Iuri Leitao, proclaimed champion of Portugal]. Pontevedra Viva (in Galician). Virtual Vedra Comunicación, SL. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Tavfer-Measindot-Mortágua". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  3. ^ "El campeón de Europa de Scratch, Iuri Leitao, ficha por el Tavfer-Mortagua" [European Scratch champion Iuri Leitao signs for Tavfer-Mortagua]. Biciciclismo (in Spanish). Cycling Total comunicación y servicios S.L. 15 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
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