Mikhail Kolyushev

Mikhail Ivanovich Kolyushev was a Soviet cyclist from Tajikistan. He trained in the Dushanbe Dynamo voluntary sports society, and later in Tashkent. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team pursuit and finished in fourth place. He was part of the Soviet teams that won the team pursuit at the 1965 and 1967 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. Between 1965 and 1968 Kolyushev won six national titles in various track events and set a world record in the 1 km track time trial. Kolyushev died on 9 June 2024, at the age of 81.