![]() Swerts c. 1973 | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Roger Swerts | ||||||||||||||
Born | Heusden-Zolder, Belgium | 28 December 1942||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
1965–1967 | Mercier-BP-Hutchinson | ||||||||||||||
1968–1970 | Faema | ||||||||||||||
1971–1973 | Molteni | ||||||||||||||
1974–1975 | IJsboerke–Colner | ||||||||||||||
1976 | Molteni–Campagnolo | ||||||||||||||
1977 | Fiat | ||||||||||||||
1978 | Old Lord's–Splendor–K.S.B. | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Roger Swerts (born 28 December 1942) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer. As an amateur he placed 18th in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics[1] and won a bronze medal at the 1965 UCI Road World Championships. He turned professional later in 1965.[2]