# Michael Grenda

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Australian cyclist (born 1962)

Michael Grenda Personal information Full name Michael Ronald Grenda Born (1962-04-24) 24 April 1962 (age 64) Team information Discipline Track & Road Role Rider Medal record Representing Australia Men's cycling Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 4.000m Team Pursuit

**Michael Ronald Grenda**, [OAM](/source/Order_of_Australia)[1] (born 24 April 1962) is a retired [road bicycle](/source/Road_bicycle_racing) and [track cyclist](/source/Track_cyclist) from Australia, who represented his native country at the [1984 Summer Olympics](/source/1984_Summer_Olympics) in [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), California. There he won the gold medal in the [men's 4000m team pursuit](/source/Cycling_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_team_pursuit), alongside [Dean Woods](/source/Dean_Woods), [Kevin Nichols](/source/Kevin_Nichols), and [Michael Turtur](/source/Michael_Turtur).[2] He was a professional cyclist from 1986 to 1991. He graduated from the [Tasmanian Police Academy](/source/Tasmania_Police#Tasmania_Police_Academy) in 2014.[3]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Grenda, Michael Ronald"](https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/887446). It's an Honour. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-SportsRef_2-0)** ["Michael Grenda Olympic Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045724/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/michael-grenda-1.html). *Sports Reference*. Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/michael-grenda-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-merc_3-0)** Hope, Emma. ["Olympian Michael Grenda joins a new team"](http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/olympian-michael-grenda-joins-a-new-team/story-fnj4f7k1-1226841496414). *[The Mercury](/source/The_Mercury_(Hobart))*. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

## External links

- [Michael Grenda](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/9418.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=9418))

v t e Olympic Cycling Champions in Men's Team Pursuit 1908: Jones, Kingsbury, Meredith, Payne (GBR) 1920: Carli, Ferrario, Giorgetti, Magnani (ITA) 1924: De Martini, Dinale, Menegazzi, Zucchetti (ITA) 1928: Facciani, Gaioni, Lusiani, Tasselli (ITA) 1932: Cimatti, Pedretti, Ghilardi, Borsari (ITA) 1936: Charpentier, Goujon, Lapébie, Le Nizerhy (FRA) 1948: Adam, Blusson, Coste, Decanali (FRA) 1952: Campana, De Rossi, Messina, Morettini (ITA) 1956: Domenicali, Faggin, Gandini, Gasparella, Pizzali (ITA) 1960: Arienti, Testa, Vallotto, Vigna (ITA) 1964: Claesges, Henrichs, Link, Streng (EUA) 1968: Frey, Asmussen, Lyngemark, Olsen (DEN) 1972: Schumacher, Colombo, Haritz, Hempel (FRG) 1976: Vonhof, Braun, Lutz, Schumacher (FRG) 1980: Manakov, Movchan, Osokin, Petrakov, Krasnov (URS) 1984: Grenda, Nichols, Turtur, Woods (AUS) 1988: Ekimov, Kasputis, Nelyubin, Umaras (URS) 1992: Steinweg, Walzer, Fulst, Glöckner, Lehmann (GER) 1996: Capelle, Ermenault, Monin, Moreau (FRA) 2000: Fulst, Bartko, Becke, Lehmann, Pollack (GER) 2004: Brown, Lancaster, McGee, Roberts (AUS) 2008: Clancy, Manning, Thomas, Wiggins (GBR) 2012: Clancy, Thomas, Burke, Kennaugh (GBR) 2016: Clancy, Burke, Doull, Wiggins (GBR) 2020: Consonni, Ganna, Lamon, Milan (ITA) 2024: Bleddyn, Welsford, Leahy, O'Brien (AUS)

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