Arnulf Meinhold

Arnulf Meinhold (born October 25, 1899 in Reichenbach , † December 31, 1943 in Stettin ) was a German pacemaker .

In 1931 Arnulf Meinhold took over the machine and material from his father, the well-known pacemaker Emil Meinhold (including Piet Dickentman ). In 1936 Meinhold became the pacemaker for Walter Lohmann , who was standing in Bochum ; the two won numerous races together. In 1937 Lohmann became world champion in Ordrup near Copenhagen behind Meinhold's leadership .

In the following year, the duo won the German championship and finished second at the world championships behind Erich Metze . In 1940 Meinhold led the 1936 Olympic champion, Toni Merkens , to the German championship. In 1943 he was again German champion together with Lohmann.

On New Year's Eve 1943, Arnulf Meinhold was killed in a railway accident in Stettin. In the meantime he had been drafted into the Wehrmacht and was on his way from his unit to Dortmund , where he was to take part in a race on January 2nd.

Individual evidence

↑ piet-dickentman.de ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

stayer.de: CV of Arnulf Meinhold (PDF; 47 kB)

personal data
SURNAME	Meinhold, Arnulf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German pacemaker
DATE OF BIRTH	October 25, 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH	Reichenbach in Vogtland
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1943
Place of death	Szczecin

[1] t-dickentman.de ( Memento from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive )