Erich Golz

Erich Golz (born July 31, 1910 in Berlin , † 1998 ibid) was a German cyclist .

Athletic career

Golz has been cycling since 1925, first with RV Viktoria Berlin . He lived in the neighborhood of Richard and Adolf Huschke , both successful racing cyclists. This encouraged him to start exercising regularly. As a 17-year-old, Golz took part in nationwide amateur races. In 1929 he moved to RV Argo Berlin and won his first track race . In 1930 his team came second in the team pursuit at the German track championships (including the later two-time German sprint champion Hans Dasch ). On April 19, 1931, he made his debut in the German national railway team. As a train driver, he was able to sprint the Grand Prix of Dresden 1932 win in front Dasch, the same year he won the Petit Prix of Oslo "and was the winner of the Norwegian King Haakon VII. Presented. In winter 1934 Golz had a bad fall in the Berlin Sports Palace that forced him to a long break. During this time the decision matured, professional drivers to be. He began as a stayer behind pacemaker Karl Saldow and also won some races behind engines.

The Second World War interrupted Golz's career for several years. In 1946 he returned from captivity and immediately began to train again. His first success was winning the Golden Wheel in Magdeburg in 1946 . However, he was unlucky and had 39 falls by 1949 alone. Golz had now shifted his sporting focus to two-man team driving and often drove alongside Erich Dorn , an experienced six-day driver. In 1947 he was second in the east zone championship in the sprint behind Hans Preiskeit . In 1948 he won the East Zone Championship in a two-man team with Günther Schulz . After an announcement at the end of the 1949 season, he ended his career in 1950 at the age of 40.

Newspaper driver

Erich Golz earned his living as a newspaper driver in Berlin. The well-known German cycling journalist Fredy Budzinski initiated the organization of a "newspaper driver championship" in 1920, which was held as a road race (mostly on a circuit in Berlin). The riders had to put additional weight on their bikes, which roughly corresponded to their daily touring loads on newspapers. Around 200 newspaper drivers from all over Germany took part in these championships every year. These championships were held (interrupted by World War II) until the 1950s, always supported by Budzinski and extremely well received by the public.

Golz was able to win the title of "Master of Newspaper Drivers" in 1931, 1932, 1936 and 1945.

Web links

Erich Golz in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Illustrated Cycling Express . No. 10/1049 . Express-Verlag, Berlin 1949, p. 78 .
^ Renate Franz: Fredy Budzinski. Cycling journalist, collector and chronicler . Sportverlag Strauss, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-939390-43-5 , p. 42-43 .

personal data
SURNAME	Golz, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	July 31, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	1998
Place of death	Berlin

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Illustrated Cycling Express . No. 10/1049 . Express-Verlag, Berlin 1949, p. 78 .

[2] Renate Franz: Fredy Budzinski. Cycling journalist, collector and chronicler . Sportverlag Strauss, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-939390-43-5 , p. 42-43 .