Gunnar Asmussen

{{Short description|Danish cyclist (born 1944)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Gunnar Asmussen | image = Gunnar Asmussen 1968.jpg | caption = Asmussen with coach at the 1968 Olympics | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1944|5|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Aarhus]], Denmark | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|184|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|72|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | currentteam = | discipline = Track, road | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 1964–1976 | amateurteam1 = Aarhus Bane – Klub, Århus | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{flag|DEN}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] | [[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]] }} | show-medals = yes }}

'''Gunnar Henry Asmussen''' (born 10 May 1944) is a Danish retired amateur cyclist. He won a gold medal in the track team pursuit at the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] and placed 13th in 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/gunnar-asmussen-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418091842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/as/gunnar-asmussen-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Gunnar Henry Asmussen |publisher=sports-reference.com}}</ref><ref name="Nauright Parrish 2012 p. 3-PA83">{{cite book | last1=Nauright | first1=J. | last2=Parrish | first2=C. | title=Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice | publisher=ABC-CLIO | series=Sports around the world : history, culture, and practice / John Nauright, Charles Parrish, editors | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-59884-300-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IkLYDgTnMxEC&pg=RA3-PA83 | access-date=10 May 2023 | page=83}}</ref> Asmussen held national titles both in the road race (1964–65, 1971) and track team pursuit (1969–71, 1974 and 1976).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=23625 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130120044741/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=23625 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=20 January 2013 |title= Gunnar Henry Asmussen |publisher=cycling archives}}</ref><ref name="McWhirter McWhirter 1976 p. ">{{cite book | last1=McWhirter | first1=N. | last2=McWhirter | first2=R. | title=The Guinness Book of Olympic Records: Complete Roll of Olympic Medal Winners (1896-1972, Including 1906) for the 28 Sports (7 Winter and 21 Summer) to be Contested in the 1976 Celebrations and Other Useful Information | publisher=Penguin | year=1976 | isbn=978-0-14-004146-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BC1n5ERmNq8C | access-date=23 March 2024 }}</ref>

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