Arnold Ruiner

Arnold Ruiner

To person
Nickname	Noldi
Date of birth	February 8, 1937
date of death	October 28, 2011
nation	Austria
discipline	Street
End of career	circa 1965
Societies)
	Union Peterquelle Union Creme-Lanol
Last updated: December 19, 2018

Arnold Ruiner (born February 8, 1937 in Tesswitz , † October 28, 2011 in Wallendorf ) was an Austrian cyclist. He was one of the best racing drivers in his country in the late 1950s / early 1960s.

Athletic career

Arnold Ruiner drove for the Union Peterquelle and Union Creme-Lanol ​​clubs . In 1960 he started at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and finished 35th in the road race as the best Austrian.

Ruiner was Austrian national champion four times: in 1960, 1961 and 1965 in the team time trial, and in 1962 in the road race. He competed five times in the UCI Road World Championships and ten times in the Tour of Austria . In 1959 he finished fifth in the overall standings and in 1965 eighth. In 1962 he took 24th place in the International Peace Tour.

successes

1959

• one stage tour of Austria

1960

• Austrian champion - team time trial

1961

• Austrian champion - team time trial

1962

• Austrian champion - road race

1965

• Austrian champion - team time trial

Web links

• Arnold Ruiner in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Arnold Ruiner in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituary for Arnold Ruiner - national driver of the 60s. In: radsportverband.at. November 1, 2011, accessed December 19, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Rudolf Massak: Austrian Cycling Association - Elite Men - Title Strasse-Querfeldein. In: radsportverband.at. August 7, 2014, accessed December 19, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Bogdan Tusczynski, Daniel Marszalag: Wyscig Pokoju 1948-2001 . FDK Warszawa, Warsaw, p. 166 .