Garen Bloch | |
Birth Date: | 6 September 1978 |
Birth Place: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Discipline: | Track |
Role: | Rider |
Garen Bloch (6 September 1978 – 21 July 2018)[1] was a South African Olympic cyclist.[2] [3] Bloch was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.[4] He is the younger brother of Olympian cyclist Sean Bloch of South Africa.[4] He won 16 South African national titles, and set four national records.[3] From 1994-96, he was Maccabi Sportsman of the Year. He came in third at the 1997 World Cup in the points race, and second in the 1999 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics.[3]
Bloch competed for Team South Africa in the 2000 Summer Olympics at the age of 22 in Sydney in Cycling; Men's 1,000 metres Time Trial, and finished in 8th with a time of 1:04.478.
On 21 July 2018, Bloch was killed in a motorbike accident in Johannesburg.