Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Fabian•Cancellara |
Used name | Fabian•Cancellara |
Nick/petnames | Spartacus / Tony Montana |
Born | 18 March 1981 in Wohlen, Bern (SUI) |
Measurements | 186 cm / 81 kg |
Affiliations | Fassa Bortolo, (ITA) / Team Saxo Bank, Lyngby, Rebild (DEN) / Trek–Segafredo, (USA) |
NOC | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 2 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 3 |
Fabian Cancellara is a Swiss professional who is one of the greatest time trial cyclists ever. As a junior he won the World Championship time trial in 1998-99, and then followed that with the World Championship time trial for under-23 in 2000, after which he turned professional. As a professional he has won numerous prologues and time trial stages in the grand tours. He was World Champion in the time trial in 2006-07 and 2009-10, and won the Olympic gold medal in the event in 2008, adding a silver medal in the road race at the Beijing Olympics. His other major wins include Paris-Roubaix in both 2006 and 2010, the 2010 Ronde van Vlaanderen, the 2009 Tour de Suisse, 2008 Tirreno-Adriatico, and the 2008 Milano-Sanremo.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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2004 Summer Olympics | Cycling Road (Cycling) | ![]() |
Fabian Cancellara | |||
Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic) | ||||||
Individual Time Trial, Men (Olympic) | 9 | |||||
2008 Summer Olympics | Cycling Road (Cycling) | ![]() |
Fabian Cancellara | |||
Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 2 | Silver | ||||
Individual Time Trial, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
2012 Summer Olympics | Cycling Road (Cycling) | ![]() |
Fabian Cancellara | |||
Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 105 | |||||
Individual Time Trial, Men (Olympic) | 7 | |||||
2016 Summer Olympics | Cycling Road (Cycling) | ![]() |
Fabian Cancellara | |||
Road Race, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 34 | |||||
Individual Time Trial, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold |