Dieter Lüder

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Lüder at the inauguration of the Weißensee cycling track in 1955

Dieter Lüder (born March 6, 1935 ) is a former German cyclist who was active in the GDR in the 1950s .

Athletic career

Lüder, a construction worker by profession, began cycling in 1949 and attracted attention as a young cyclist. He drove for the company sports association (BSG) Post Berlin , where he was looked after by the successful cycling trainer Erich Schulz . After initially achieving success as a rail driver in the youth field, he was able to convince as a road driver in 1950 with a second place at the youth championships. At the GDR youth championships in 1952, he won three titles on the track (team) and the road (team and individual). At the age of 18, Lüder achieved his first notable success in the men's category with second place in the GDR championship in cross-country skiing . In 1955 the GDR-wide sports association Empor nominated him for their team in the GDR tour after Lüder had made a positive impression in three control races. The 1955 GDR tour was the greatest success of his cycling career. He won the stage race with a wafer-thin lead of 23 seconds over his teacher Erich Schulz. As a 21-year-old, Lüder was accepted into the GDR national team in 1956 and nominated for the three-country stage trip International Peace Trip. With the second place in Berlin at the sixth stage he achieved a last respectable success, but then retired early on the tenth part of the day.

The fatal fall of his teammate Erich Schulz during the GDR tour in 1956 had a devastating effect on his further career . He couldn't cope with the sudden death of his friend and didn't want to take part in cycling races anymore. He only remained loyal to cycling through encouraging his sports friends, but after that he did not appear in the results lists of major cycling events. After a long break from training, he stopped racing in 1957 and was almost only active in the Berlin area. He came in 1958 at Berlin-Bad Freienwalde-Berlin on the 5th place, was 1961 winner of "Rund um Zossen" (140 km) and second in a criterion in Berlin behind Bernd Barleben. In 1962 he was able to occupy 4th place in Berlin-Oderberg-Berlin and a 48-km circuit race in Berlin.

As a train driver, Lüder won 4th place with Filöhr in the GDR championships in 1961 and 6th place with Gierczewski in 1966. He rode for the BSG Post Berlin as a “hobby cyclist” until 1970 and ended his active career at the age of 35.

Professional

Lüder, who initially trained as a construction worker, later worked as a salesman in a fashion store in Berlin.

literature

  • GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho , issues from March 18, 1953 and April 27, 1956 with short portraits.
  • Klaus Ullrich: Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (Ed.): Cycling Week . No. 52/1957 . Berlin 1957, p. 10 .
  2. ^ Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (Ed.): Cycling Week . No. 38/1955 . Sportverlag, Berlin 1955, p. 2 .
personal data
SURNAME Lüder, Dieter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1935