Emil Kijewski

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Emil Kijewski Road cycling
Emil Kijewski (1931)
Emil Kijewski (1931)
To person
Date of birth November 22, 1911
date of death January 23, 1989
nation Nazi stateNazi state German Empire German Empire BR Germany
German Reich NSGerman Reich (Nazi era) 
Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany 
discipline Street
End of career 1952
Most important successes
UCI Road World Championships
1937 silver - road racing
Last updated: November 6, 2019

Emil Kijewski (born November 22, 1911 in Hombruch , † January 23, 1989 in Dortmund ) was a German racing cyclist . In 1937 he became vice world champion in the road race of professionals .

Athletic career

In 1933 Emil Kijewski had his first success as an amateur with the victory in Rund um Berlin . He started for RuMC Sturm Hombruch .

The following year, Kijewski turned professional. In 1935 he won Around Cologne and the Great Saxony Prize . At the UCI Road World Championships in 1935 in Floreffe , Belgium , he finished tenth in the road race. In 1937 he was runner- up in Copenhagen behind the Belgian Eloi Meulenberg . It was a close decision, Kijewski lost by 10 centimeters in the final sprint. In the same year, he decided a stage of the Tour de Suisse and the International Tour of Germany for himself and a second time around Cologne . In 1938 he won another stage of the Tour of Germany .

At the Tour de Suisse the following year, Kijewski fell and suffered a severe fracture of his shin , which forced him to take a long break from racing. The Second World War interrupted his cycling career. From 1947 to 1952 he was again active as a cyclist. At the Tour of Germany in 1948 , he was eighth overall. He competed in his farewell race in 1952 at the Grand Christmas Prize in Dortmund's Westfalenhallen .

After the active career

Emil-Kijewski-Strasse sign

After his active career, Kijewski performed important youth and youth work as a functionary . Several German masters grew up under his leadership, such as Walter Schürmann and Winfried Bölke . The later pacemaker Manfred Schmadtke was also one of his protégés . Kijewski's son of the same name was also active as a cyclist.

In November 1952, the New Germany reported that Kijewski and the former cyclist Karl Göbel had received a reprimand from the Federation of German Cyclists in the Federal Republic because they had 13 riders (under the club name of industrial district Dortmund I and II ) at the start of the GDR tour in 1952 registered and accompanied.

In 1952 he and his wife Irmgard (1920–2005) founded the “Kijewski Bicycle Store”, which was later expanded to include toys.

In 2019 a street in Dortmund's Lücklemberg district was named after Emil Kijewski. His grave is in the cemetery in Dortmund-Großholthausen.

successes

1933
1935
1937
1938

Teams

literature

  • Helmer Boelsen : The history of the cycling world championship. The world championship road race of professionals from 1927 until today . Covadonga , Bielefeld 2007, ISBN 978-3-936973-33-4 , p. 38-41 .
  • Kurt Graunke / Walter Lemke / Wolfgang Rupprecht: giants from then until today. The history of the German professional road cyclists. Names - Successes - Anecdotes . Edition Sedina, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-9803273-0-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sturm Hombruch - History. Storm Hombruch, accessed November 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Boelsen, World Cycling Championship , p. 41.
  3. ↑ Neues Deutschland , November 14, 1952, p. 6
  4. ↑ Marc Dominic Wernicke: Names for new roads on the mountain field have been determined. In: ruhrnachrichten.de. June 11, 2019, accessed November 6, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Kijewski, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Hombruch
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1989
Place of death Dortmund