Emil Reinecke
Emil Reinecke (born April 26, 1933 in Einbeck ; † May 4, 2011 in Delmenhorst ) was a German racing cyclist . He started in the Federal Republic as well as in the GDR .
Athletic career
Emil Reinecke began his cycling career at the Einbeck cycling club in 1911 and achieved his first notable successes as a 21-year-old amateur . In 1954 he became the first German champion in the cyclo-cross race and won the one-day road race Bochum-Münster-Bochum . With his partner Werner Löw he finished third at the German championships in the team time trial . In the same year, the Association of German Cyclists sent Reinecke to the Cyclo-cross World Championships, where he finished 26th. At the UCI Road World Championships for Amateurs, he competed in 1953 and 1954 (eliminated).
At the beginning of February 1955 he moved to the GDR. He gave financial reasons and better training opportunities. On February 9th, he already competed in his first race wearing the SC DHfK Leipzig jersey , a pursuit match on the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Berlin. Reinecke received a place to study at the Leipzig German University for Physical Culture (DHfK) and qualified as a driver of the SC DHfK for the three-country stage trip Internationale Friedensfahrt 1955 . As fourth best of the GDR national team, he finished 20th in the overall ranking. On May 25, 1955, he received the gold medal of the Sports Association Science and was named “Master of Sports”.
The title “Master of Sports” was revoked from Reinecke when he returned to the Federal Republic of Germany in early 1956. With a contract with the Altenburger cycling team , he switched to the professional paddock . His first start in an important professional race, the one-day classic Milan – Sanremo , ended on March 19, 1956 with 85th place. At the road world championships of the same year he came in 23rd place. Reinecke was able to place twice in the Tour de Suisse , in 1957 he was 23rd, 1958 37th. In 1960 he was part of the squad of the Torpedo racing team for the Tour de France alongside Hennes Junkermann and landed on 56th place.
In addition to his street sports activities, Reinecke started in 18 six-day races , several of them with Junkermann. Her greatest success was a third place in the six-day race in Dortmund .
Professional
After finishing his career as a professional racing driver, Reinecke joined Continental AG .
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 33/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 8 .
- ↑ Peter Zetzsche: Friedensfahrt und Tour de France - Emil Reinecke, Einbeck 2011, p. 25
- ^ Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (Ed.): Cycling Week . No. 7/1955 . Sportverlag, Berlin 1955, p. 4 .
- ↑ archiv.radsportmuseum.de
- ↑ archiv.radsportmuseum.de
literature
- Peter Zetzsche: Peace Ride and Tour de France - Emil Reinecke , Einbeck 2011
- GDR sports newspaper Deutsches Sportecho : Issue from April 25, 1955 with a short biography
Web links
- Emil Reinecke in the Radsportseiten.net database
1954 Emil Reinecke | 1955 Herbert Ebbers | 1956 Albert Rinn | 1957 Günther Debusmann | 1958–1963, 1965–1970, 1972, 1973 Rolf Wolfshohl | 1964 Günther Weiss | 1971 Wolfgang Renner | 1976–1982, 1986–1988 Klaus-Peter Thaler | 1983 Dieter Uebing | 1984, 1985 Reimund Dietzen | 1989–1993, 1996 Mike Kluge | 1994 Ralph Berner | 1995 Fritz Seeberger | 1997 Franz-Josef Nieberding | 2000, 2004, 2008 Malte Urban | 2001 Tobias Nestle | 2002, 2005 Jens Schwedler | 2003 Jens Reuker | 2006 Johannes Sickmüller | 2007 René Birkenfeld | 2009–2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 Philipp Walsleben | 2012 Christoph Whitsun | 2015, 2017–2020 Marcel Meisen
From 1967 to 1992 championships for amateurs and professional drivers were held.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Reinecke, Emil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Einbeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 2011 |
| Place of death | Delmenhorst |