{{Short description|South African cyclist (born 1973)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Sean Bloch | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|12|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = South Africa | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = }}

'''Sean Bloch''' (born 16 December 1973) is a South African former Olympic cyclist.

==Early life== Bloch was born in South Africa, and is Jewish.<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=527 Bloch, Sean : Jews In Sports @ Virtual Museum<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[https://www.jewishnews.net.au/endurance-athletes-on-the-road-to-glory/31453 "Endurance athletes on the road to glory"]</ref> He is the older brother of Olympian cyclist Garen Bloch of South Africa.<ref name="SportsRef"/>

==Cycling career== Bloch won 12 South African national titles, and held South African national cycling records in the 500-m individual time trial (junior and senior), 1000-m individual time trial (senior), flying 200-m time trial (senior), and individual pursuit (junior).<ref name=autogenerated2>[http://www.maccabi.com.au/Maccabiah/News/1978/Olympic-experience-leads-our-cycling-team.cfm Olympic experience leads our cycling team | News | Maccabiah<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref name=autogenerated1 />

He competed in two cycling events for Team South Africa at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, at the age of 18.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/sean-bloch-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418060734/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/sean-bloch-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Sean Bloch Olympic Results |accessdate=29 July 2016}}</ref> In the individual time trial event he finished in 26th place with a time of 1:10.145, and in the individual sprint event he finished 22nd in the preliminaries with a time of 12.186, lost to Frederic Magne of France in the second round, and was eliminated by Ainārs Ķiksis of Latvia in his consolation race.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

He was Team Australia’s cycling captain at the 2013 Maccabiah Games.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> He was then Team Australia's flag bearer and team captain at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, where he won a silver medal for South Africa in the Open-Cycling-ITT 21&nbsp;km 40+ (M) with a time of 30:52.<ref>[http://www.jwire.com.au/farewell-to-the-nsw-maccabiah-contingent-and-1997-remembered/ Farewell to the NSW Maccabiah contingent…and 1997 remembered » J-Wire<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/the-games/results?pages=results_basic.php&discipline=448&stage=23&event=99 |title=Results - 20th Maccabiah 2017<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=10 July 2017 |archive-date=14 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714181645/http://www.maccabiah.com/2017/the-games/results?pages=results_basic.php&discipline=448&stage=23&event=99 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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