Charles Rampelberg
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Date of birth | October 11, 1909 |
date of death | March 18, 1982 |
nation | France |
discipline | Track cycling |
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Last update: May 3, 2014 |
Charles Rampelberg (born October 11, 1909 in Tourcoing , † March 18, 1982 in Perthes ) was a French track cyclist and entrepreneur.
Charles Rampelberg came from Nord-Pas-de-Calais , a region in northern France known for its textile industry. He was born in Tourcoing and grew up in the neighboring community of Halluin . His ancestors came from Belgium .
In 1932, Charles Rampelberg started at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles and won the bronze medal in the 1000 meter time trial with a time of 1: 13.3 minutes. In 1931 and 1933 he took second place as an amateur at the renowned sprint competition Grand Prix de Paris , in 1933 he won the Grand Prix Cyclo-Sport de Vitesse , and in 1935 he was the French sprint runner-up in the junior class.
At the beginning of the Second World War , Rampelberg stayed in Australia , stayed there and raced as a professional for the Australian team Malvern Star . In 1941 he started the six days in Sydney and finished second with the Australian Hugh Smith .
After a fall in which he suffered severe head injuries, Rampelberg ended his cycling career and opened a French delicatessen shop in Australia as a traiteur-charcutier . After the war he returned to France and together with his brother, the artist Emile Rampelberg , ran a studio for haute couture fabrics in Paris , which became one of the most important in Europe. Emile was responsible for the artistic work, Charles for the sales.
Charles Rampelberg suffered a stroke on the way back from a business trip to Spain and died 18 months later in his home in Perthes.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Charles Rampelberg in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- ↑ a b Memo Charles Rampelberg. radsportseiten.net, accessed on May 4, 2014 .
- ↑ Olivier Charolles: JO Jour J: fin de la série sur les medaillés olympiques seine-et-marnais. (No longer available online.) 77sports-infos.com, July 27, 2012, archived from the original on May 5, 2014 ; Retrieved May 5, 2014 (French). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Rüdiger Hamm, Helmut Wienert: Structural adaptation of old industrial regions in an international comparison. Series of publications by the Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsfragen, Neue Reihe, issue 48, p. 224 , accessed on May 5, 2014 .
- ↑ Les Olympiades et Halluin 3/7 (Charles Rampelberg Médaillé de Bronze en 1932). L'Association "A la Recherche du Passé d'Hallunin", accessed on May 5, 2014 (French).
- ^ Charles Rampelberg in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- ^ A b Associative thinking. skyvington.blogspot.com, March 11, 2010, accessed May 4, 2014 .
- ^ Australian Six Day Races. sixday.org, accessed on May 5, 2014 . / Roger de Maertelaere: De Mannen van de night. 100 years of zesdaagsen. De Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2000, ISBN 90-74128-67-X . P. 236.
- ↑ Emile Rampelberg. lumieredesarts.pagesperso-orange.fr, accessed on May 4, 2014 (French).
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SURNAME | Rampelberg, Charles |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French track cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1909 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tourcoing |
DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1982 |
Place of death | Perthes |