About Iúri Leitão
Born 1998. Iúri Leitão is a Portuguese sport cyclist.
Iúri Gabriel Dantas Leitão (; born 3 July 1998) is a Portuguese road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . He won a silver medal in the elimination event at the 2021 World Championships. Two years later, Leitão took the highest place on the podium after winning the 2023 World Championships omnium event, becoming the first Portuguese rider to win a world championship title in track cycling. Competing in his first Olympic Games in Paris 2024, he won a gold medal in the Madison event alongside Rui Oliveira and the silver medal in the omnium event, making him the first Portuguese track cyclist to win an Olympic medal, the first Portuguese sportsperson to win two Olympic medals in a single edition, and his country's first-ever Olympic champion in a sport other than athletics.
Major results Road
2018 1st Stage 5 Volta a Portugal do Futuro 2021 Volta ao Alentejo 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 3 2022 6th Overall Ronde de l'Oise 1st Stage 2 2023 (3 pro wins) 1st Overall International Tour of Hellas 1st Points classification 1st Stage 3 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela 1st Stages 2 & 3 1st Stage 2 CRO Race 2024 (1) Volta ao Alentejo 1st Points classification 1st Stage 5 1st Stage 1a (ITT) International Tour of Hellas 1st Stage 2 GP Beiras e Serra da Estrela 2025 (1) 1st Trofeo Palma 9th Clásica de Almería 2026 1st Classic Loire Atlantique 4th Trofeo Palma
Track
2016 1st Points race, National Junior Championships 2018 3rd Scratch, National Championships 2019 3rd Madison, National Championships (with Wilson Esperanca) 2020 UEC European Championships 1st Scratch
National Championships 1st Scratch 2nd Individual pursuit 2nd Points race UEC European Under-23 Championships
2021 National Championships 1st Madison (with Daniel Dias) 1st Omnium UCI Champions League 1st Elimination, London 2nd Scratch, Palma
UEC European Championships
UCI Nations Cup, St. Petersburg 2nd Madison (with João Matias) 2nd Omnium 2022 1st Scratch, UEC European Championships National Championships 1st Madison (with João Matias) 1st Scratch 2nd Omnium 2023 1st Omnium, UCI World Championships 2024 Olympic Games
1st Scratch, UEC European Championships 2025 UEC European Championships 1st Points race 1st Scratch
2026 1st Omnium, UEC European Championships
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Who is Iúri Leitão?
Portuguese cyclist
When was Iúri Leitão born?
Iúri Leitão was born on 3 July 1998 in Viana do Castelo.
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Iúri Leitão is a sport cyclist.
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Iúri Leitão is Portuguese.
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