Michel Lafis

Michel Lafis
Personal information
Born (1967-09-19) 19 September 1967 (age 57)
Stockholm, Sweden
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1993–1995Amore & Vita–Galatron
1996–1997Team Telekom
1998–2000TVM–Farm Frites
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Men's road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Team time trial

Michel Peter Lafis (born 19 September 1967) is a Swedish former cyclist. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100 kilometres team time trial along with Jan Karlsson, Anders Jarl and Björn Johansson at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1][2] He also rode at the 1992, 1996 and the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3]

Major results

1987
2nd National Road Race Championships
1988
2nd National Road Race Championships
3rd Team time trial, Summer Olympics (with Anders Jarl, Björn Johansson and Jan Karlsson)
4th Overall Tour of Sweden
1990
2nd National Road Race Championships
1992
2nd Overall Tour de Liège
4th Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 4
1994
2nd Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 1
1995
1st Stage 4 Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
2nd Overall Tour of Sweden
1st Stage 3
3rd National Road Race Championships
3rd Tour de Berne
1996
National Road Championships
2nd Time trial
2nd Road race
4th Overall Tour of Sweden
1997
1st National Road Race Championships
1998
2nd National Road Race Championships
1999
2nd Circuito de Getxo
2000
3rd National Road Race Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 23 — — DNF 91 70
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — — — — — 78
A red jersey Vuelta a España 93 — DNF — 70 21 —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Michel Lafis". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  2. ^ John Nauright (2012). Sports around the World. ABC-CLIO. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-59884-301-9. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  3. ^ "Michel Lafis". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2016.


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