Eberhard Butzke
Eberhard Butzke (born November 14, 1940 in Drosedow, Pomerania) is a former German racing cyclist who was successful in the GDR in the 1960s .
Life
The 178 cm tall Butzke first turned to road cycling as a touring rider in 1957 and initially joined the Dynamo Potsdam police sports association. There were Willy specialist , third in the Sprint Cup in 1932 , and Richard Huschke , German professional road champion in 1922 and 1925, his first coach. In the youth class he won around 20 races. As early as 1959, at the age of 18, he started the longest one-day race in the GDR around Berlin . After completing his apprenticeship as a locksmith, he was delegated to the central police club SC Dynamo Berlin . In 1961 he competed in his first stage race on the GDR Tour , and by 1968 he competed five times. He achieved his best results there in 1961 and 1963, each with a seventh place. Butzke celebrated his first notable victories in 1962 in the GDR classics Rund um die Hainleite and Rund um Sebnitz .
After Butzke had put himself in the limelight with 8th place in the Tour of Egypt in 1962 and in the Tour of Lower Austria (2nd) and in the Tour of Tunisia (6th) in 1964, he also competed for the GDR elimination races 1965 three-country stage race International Peace Tour through. Of the five GDR drivers who made it into the final standings, he finished eleventh as the third-best of his team. In 1966 he was again a member of the GDR team for the peace trip. While he was still the best DDR driver after the fourth stage in sixth place, he broke in on the eleventh stage and was only 38 as the worst DDR driver in the end. For this he was harmless at the DDR championships when he was with the SC Dynamo won the championship title in the 100 m team time trial. He was an outspoken specialist for circuit racing and won numerous victories here, including a. the Renak and Barkas Awards (1964 and 1966, respectively).
In 1967 he was the victim of a disciplinary punishment on the part of the GDR Cycling Association, which resulted in his expulsion from the SC Dynamo. The exclusion was justified with the premature withdrawal from the Dynamo Cup cycling race. With Lothar Appler , who was disciplined for the same reason , he moved to BSG Post Berlin and fought for rehabilitation with good results in the 100 km team championship. After SC Dynamo had refused to resume, Butzke ended his sporting career at the age of 27 in 1968 and opened his cycling shop in the Berlin suburb of Borgsdorf two years later.
Since the 2000s, Butzke has participated in senior races as a driver of the Borgsdorf bike team and won z. B. 2004 the Hansano Grand Prix. At the Master Road World Championship in 2005, he finished seventh.
literature
- Klaus Ullrich. Every time in May . Sportverlag Berlin, 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8
- GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho , issue of April 12, 1965 with a brief portrait
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lt. Information from the Wünsdorf cycling museum . However, there are several places with this name.
- ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . Born in 1966, No. 15 . Berlin April 15, 1966, p. 6 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butzke, Eberhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Drosedow |