Garen Bloch Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. https://inthebunch.co.za/2018/07/sa-track-cycling-legend-bloch-39-dies-in-motorbike-accident/ SA track cycling legend Bloch, 39, dies in motorbike accident
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=QslzAAAAMAAJ&q=garen+bloch South Africa Yearbook
  3. http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=526 Bloch, Garen: Jews In Sports
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418031144/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/garen-bloch-1.html Garen Bloch Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com