Erich Dorn

Erich Dorn (born February 6, 1907 in Berlin ; † 1987 ) was a German cyclist .

Athletic career

Dorn was born the son of a Berlin “Budiker” (bar owner). At the age of 15 he joined the RC final spurt in Neukölln in 1911 after his father had financed him a racing bike . Dorn was active as a cyclist for around 25 years and during this time achieved more than 500 victories on the track and in road races. As a junior and amateur , he was a member of the German Cyclists Union (DRU), which emerged in 1920 from the General Cyclists Union ( ARU). He won the German Championship of the DRU over 10,000 meters and twice in the sprint . He became a professional driver in 1928 and also won some road races such as Rund um Hannover or Rund um der Deister in the early 1930s . As a professional he won a. a. also the standing championship of Poland . In the peloton he was called "Mudicke". In 1939 he resigned from cycling, but some time later started again as an amateur. After the Second World War and subsequent imprisonment, he obtained a license as a professional driver in 1946 and almost only competed in track races, primarily in two-man team driving with his then standard partner Erich Golz . Probably his greatest success was winning the Berlin six-day race in November 1929 with Erich Maczynski . At first both were not intended for a start, but slipped into the starting field as a replacement and were blatant outsiders. They finally won the race by a clear four laps. He took part in a total of 32 six-day races (including six in his hometown of Berlin), four of which he contested in the USA . In 1950 he ended his career.

Professional

Erich Dorn was a newspaper driver by profession.

Web links

• Erich Dorn in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Illustrated Cycling Express . No. 1/1947 . Express-Verlag, Berlin 1947, p. 7 .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Werner Ruttkus, Wolfgang Schoppe: Round gyro & Berlin air . Self-published by Werner Ruttkus, Zossen 2011, p. 344 .