Alwin father

Alwin father

Alwin father (1892)
To person
Date of birth	September 21, 1869
date of death	1918
nation	German Empire
discipline	Track cycling
End of career	1894
Societies)
	Frankfurt Bicycle Club
Most important successes
German railway championships 1890, 1891 : - Sprint (amateurs)
Last updated: July 22, 2018

Alwin father (born September 21, 1869 in Elberfeld (now part of Wuppertal ), † 1918 ) was a German track cyclist and speed skater .

Alwin father grew up in Karlsruhe and did an apprenticeship as a businessman after graduating from high school. In 1884 he learned cycling on a unicycle , moved in 1887 to Niederräder the company Opel and soon drove the first race on the track.

In 1890 father moved to Frankfurt and joined the Frankfurt Bicycle Club , where he was looked after by the later world champion August Lehr . In 1890 he was the first German champion in the sprint of amateurs and in 1891 again; In 1892 he became European champion. He also set several German records. In 1894 he traveled to Italy , where he won races in Turin , Milan and Brescia .

Father was not only active in cycling, but also in other sports, including fencing and soccer . In 1893 he became the Frankfurt champion in speed skating; for 1500 meters he needed 3 minutes and 47 seconds.

In 1894 Alwin's father retired from active cycling. He died in 1918.

Web links

• Alwin father in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Father's results in speed skating. SpeedSkatingNews, accessed January 30, 2014 . 
• Sports album of the cycling world . A cycling yearbook. 19th year . Berlin 1911, p. 64 f .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Races in Frankfurt-on-Maine, Germany. The Spirit of the Times, January 27, 1893, accessed January 30, 2014 . 
2. ^ Sports album of the cycling world . A cycling yearbook. 16th year . Berlin 1919, p. 91 .