Hans Lutz

Hans Lutz (born March 31, 1949 in Stuttgart ) is a former German racing cyclist who was particularly successful as a track cyclist . Lutz was an Olympic champion and four times world champion and in the 1970s one of the world's best track chasers.

Athletic career

At the 1972 Summer Olympics , Lutz was the favorite in the 4,000-meter single pursuit , but only won the bronze medal. In 1973, 1974 and 1975 Hans Lutz was world champion three times in a row with the West German four-wheeler . Lutz, Peter Vonhof and Günther Schumacher were involved in every title, in 1973 by Günter Haritz , 1974 by Dietrich Thurau and 1975 by Gregor Braun . In 1974 Lutz was also world champion in the individual pursuit. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , the gold foursome lived up to its role as a favorite and defeated the team of the USSR in the cast of Braun, Lutz, Schumacher and Vonhof in the final. In 1977 the four with Lutz became vice world champion again. In 1973 Lutz and the team were voted Sportsman of the Year .

The track four, the “flagship” of track cycling, was trained by Gustav Kilian , a specialist in discovering chasers.

Professional

Lutz, who also won eight national championship titles, is married and has three children. Today the Swabian lives in Altdorf and runs an agency that organizes cycling events and markets various products. Until March 2018, he was also President of the Württemberg Cycling Association .

Web links

• Private homepage
• Hans Lutz in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Hans Lutz in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Klaus Maier is the new President of the Württemberg Cycling Association. In: rad-net.de. March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018 .