Renate Franz

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Organizer Renate Franz
congratulates professional cyclist Kurt Betschart
( Albert-Richter-Radrennbahn , Cologne 2000).

Renate Franz (born November 18, 1954 in Solingen ) is a German journalist and author who specializes in sports history.

Life

Renate Franz studied history and German at the University of Cologne . From 1982 to 1989 she worked as a trainee and editor for the Kölnische Rundschau and then for the Cologne publishing house “Informationspresse”.

From 1992 onwards, as part of a citizens' initiative , she was involved in naming the cycling track in Cologne - Müngersdorf after the Cologne cycling world champion Albert Richter , who was allegedly murdered by the Gestapo in 1940 , which led to the renaming in 1996. In 1998 she published the Richter biography The Forgotten World Champion , the second edition of which was published in 2007. In the same year, Fredy Budzinski , a biography of the Berlin cycling journalist , whose archive at the German Sport University Cologne she had previously recorded in a finding aid , was published.

From 1998 to 2001 Renate Franz organized the track bike event "Friday Night" on the Albert-Richter-Bahn and initiated the "Albert Richter Cup" of the Association of German Cyclists for the youngsters in the track sprint. She also published the “Track Cycling” photo calendar for two years. She belonged to the “steering committee” of the “ International Cycling History Conference ” (ICHC), whose homepage she also oversees. In 2003 she was the first German to be recognized by the World Cycling Association as a “Volontaire UCI” for her commitment to track cycling .

In 2008 she criticized the admission of the bicycle trainer and former NSDAP member Gustav Kilian into the Hall of Fame of German Sports .

Renate Franz is married, has a son and lives in Cologne . Her mother is the dialect writer Aenne Franz .

Fonts

  • The forgotten world champion. The mysterious fate of the cyclist Albert Richter . 1998 (Emons Verlag) and 2007 (Covadonga Verlag), ISBN 978-3-936973-34-1
  • Fredy Budzinski . Cycling journalist, collector and chronicler . Sportverlag Strauss, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-939390-43-5
  • German translation by: Peter Zheutlin: Around the world by bike. The extraordinary journey of Annie Londonderry in 1895 . Maxime Verlag, Leipzig, 2014, ISBN 978-3-931965-07-5
  • The "Black Sunday" of Berlin, or Death on the Cycle Track. In: Cycle History 19th Proceedings of the 19th International Cycling History Conference. Ed. Musée d'Art et d'Industrie de Saint Etienne and the Fédération Française de Cyclotourisme, Cheltenham 2010.
  • Prohibition - yes or no? The end of the six-day races in the Third Reich (in collaboration with Jan Eric Schwarzer ). In: The bone shaker . Magazine for lovers of historic bicycles , issue 46, 2/2009, pp. 4–9. The article in English: Did the Nazis Prohibit Six-Day Races in 1934? In: Gary Sanderson (Ed.): Cycle History 20th Proceedings of the 20th International Cycling History Conference . Cheltenham 2010, pp. 108-115
  • Nick Kaufmann - world champion driver (with Michael Mertins). In: The bone shaker. Magazine for lovers of historic bicycles , issue 50, 3/2010, pp. 4–11
  • The world championships in Cologne . In: Sport for Cologne - yesterday, today, tomorrow , Cologne 2009, pp. 117–131.
  • Gregers Nissen - the prophet of cycling . In: Michael Bollschweiler, Michael Mertins, Gerhard Renda (Ed.): Tailwind. A journey through bicycle history . Bielefeld 2011, pp. 64–69
  • Biography of the racing cyclist Max Hahn . In: The bone shaker. Magazine for lovers of historical bicycles , issue 52, 2/2011, pp. 4–10 (with Michael Mertins)
  • The quirky Herr von Zois - a pioneer of Austrian cycling. In: The bone shaker. Magazine for lovers of historical bicycles . Issue 55. 1/2013. Pp. 15-18
  • How the four-way scull lost gold at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico . In: Association of historical bicycles (ed.): The bone shaker . tape 56 , no. 2 , 2013, p. 10-14 .
  • Peter Günther. In: Portal Rhenish History. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  • Rudi Altig. In: Portal Rhenish History. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  • Willy Schmitter. In: Portal Rhenish History. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  • Werner Rittberger. In: Portal Rhenish History. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
  • Otto Brandenburg. In: Portal Rhenish History. Retrieved October 7, 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Renate Franz  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrike Arimond: Press conference cycling. A collection full of treasures. In: Central Library of the German Sport University Cologne. August 19, 2008.
  2. ↑ Lars Amenda: Fredy Budzinski cycling archive. In: nfg.hypotheses.org. Retrieved May 23, 2020 (French).
  3. ^ Albert Richter Cup . ( Memento from December 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: radsport-aktiv.de , May 27, 2003; accessed on March 31, 2012.
  4. ^ Website of the International Cycling History Conference ( Memento from May 19, 2009 in the Internet Archive ).
  5. ↑ Renate Franz from Cologne honored as a “Volontaire” by the UCI World Cycling Association . ( Memento from December 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) In: radsport-aktiv.de , March 10, 2003; accessed on March 31, 2012.
  6. ↑ Michael Reinsch: Hall of Fame of Sports. From party book Nazi to a symbol of sport. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 7, 2008. Retrieved September 12, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Franz, Renate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen