Emil Meinhold

Emil Meinhold

Emil Meinhold (born December 23, 1878 in Pobershau ; † November 26, 1955 in Munich ) was a German pacemaker and racing cyclist .

In 1901 Emil Meinhold began active cycling as an amateur , from 1904 to 1905 he was a professional . He then competed in motorcycle races for the Chemnitz Presto works and set a new record at the Steglitz cycle race track with 6:05 minutes over ten kilometers. In 1906 he set the pace in standing races .

In the following years Meinhold u. a. the Dutchman John Stol and the future French world champion Victor Linart . In 1913 he was hired as a pacemaker by the German driver Richard Scheuermann . On September 8th of that year he was involved in a fall at the Riehler Radrennbahn in Cologne , in which Scheuermann and the American pacemaker of the French racing driver Paul Guignard , Gus Lawson , were killed. Meinhold himself suffered serious injuries and burns and was already pronounced dead, but was able to recover, contrary to expectations. In 1914 he drove with the Dutch world champion Piet Dickentman .

After the First World War , in which he participated as a soldier, Emil Meinhold initially drove with Paul Nettelbeck . From 1920 he led a. a. Walter Sawall , who became one of the most successful stayers behind Meinhold and three times German champion. In 1931 Meinhold resigned as a pacemaker and left his material to his son Arnulf .

From 1932 Emil Meinhold Athletic supervisor was Six Days of Munich and Stuttgart , as well as organizer of pacemaker race. From 1948 he was involved again in the Munich six-day race. In addition, as a member of the " RC Amor 07 Munich " , he became a track manager of the club's own cycling track .

literature

• Sport-Album der Rad-Welt 1919 , Berlin 1920, p. 56ff.

Web links

• Emil Meinhold's CV on stayer.de (PDF; 160 kB)