Erich Metze

Erich Metze
To person
Date of birth	May 7, 1909
date of death	May 28, 1952
nation	BR Germany
discipline	Railway (endurance) / road
Most important successes
	UCI track world championships 1934, 1938 - standing races
	Last updated: April 8, 2017

Erich Metze (born May 7, 1909 in Dortmund , † May 28, 1952 in Erfurt ) was a German cyclist .

Athletic career

Erich Metze began his career as a road driver. In 1931 he won the Tour of Germany and was eighth in the Tour de France that same year . He had his greatest successes as a stayer . In this discipline he was five times German champion from 1933 to 1936 and 1939 and world champion in 1934 and 1938 . In 1931, 1932, 1933, 1937 and 1938 he won the Big Christmas Prize for Stehers in Dortmund's Westfalenhallen .

Metze's career was overshadowed by serious falls (two fractured skulls, which he barely survived), which repeatedly forced him to take longer breaks. He also suffered serious injuries as a soldier in World War II .

After the third serious fall (again a broken skull) on the cement track in Erfurt's Andreasried (during the Erfurt Golden Wheel , which Rudi Keil won), Metze died on May 28, 1952 in an Erfurt hospital.

successes

1930

a stage tour of Germany

1931

Overall ranking and two stages of the International Opel Tour of Germany

1933

World Championship - Standing Race
Nazi state German champion - standing race

1934

World Champion - Standing Race
Nazi state German champion - standing race

1935

German Reich NS German champion - standing race

1936

German Reich NS German champion - standing race

1938

World Champion - Standing Race

1939

German Reich NS German champion - standing race

Web links

Erich Metze in the Radsportseiten.net database

Erich Metze in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Results of the German Stayer Championships 1892-2005 on stayer.de (PDF file; 92 kB)

Individual evidence

^ Cycling: Historical picture gallery - Erich Metze, Dortmund. In: radsportgalerie.schuermann-muenster.de. May 28, 1952. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .
↑ Velo Gotha, Brussels 1984, p. 342.

personal data
SURNAME	Metze, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 7, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH	May 28, 1952
Place of death	Erfurt

[schuerma-Radsport-1] Cycling: Historical picture gallery - Erich Metze, Dortmund. In: radsportgalerie.schuermann-muenster.de. May 28, 1952. Retrieved April 8, 2017 .

[2] Velo Gotha, Brussels 1984, p. 342.