Erich Stammer

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Stammer (r.) At a race in Berlin-Weißensee
Erich Stammer (center) at the GDR standing championship in 1956, in which he took second place.

Erich Stammer (born September 11, 1925 in Leipzig ; † November 3, 2014 there ) was a German racing cyclist .

Cycling career

Erich Stammer comes from a family who are enthusiastic about cycling: his grandfather Bruno was a pacemaker and his father Arno was an amateur racing driver. Erich Stammer also wanted to become a racing cyclist from an early age. His enthusiasm was spurred on by the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin . His father, who had given up cycling after a serious fall, tried to dissuade him and get him interested in music. In addition to his apprenticeship as a machinist, Erich Stammer secretly started racing on an old racing bike owned by his father. In 1940 he took part in the "First Step" in a bicycle race for the first time.

In 1943 Erich Stammer became German youth champion in the 100 km team time trial in Erfurt . A few days later he was drafted as a soldier. In 1945 he returned home and in 1946 he drove his first race after the war. In the following years he successfully competed in races on the road and in various track cycling disciplines . In 1948 he won 25 and in 1949 33 winning ribbons. In 1951 he decided to focus on standing races . In 1952 he was third in the GDR standing championship, in 1953 second and in 1954 finally GDR champion, with which he also achieved the 150th victory of his career. In 1956 he was second again and in 1957 third. Several times he ended seasons as the best in points. In 1957 he ended his active cycling career.

Activity as a trainer

In 1959 Erich Stammer took up a job as a trainer at "ASK Vorwärts Leipzig" and trained as a qualified trainer. His coaching activity ended abruptly in June 1967 after his son was arrested while trying to flee the GDR. Stammer was fired and he was banned from working.

However, Stammer found a job in the combine "VEB Polygraph Leipzig", rose to the position of inspector for vocational training and in the autumn of 1968 was given the opportunity to work as a volunteer trainer with children and young people. In addition, in 1976 he was appointed honorary GDR chairman for standing sports. However, when he let his drivers start in a race in Brno, contrary to the instructions of the GDR sports management, although West German athletes were also at the start, he was removed from office.

Late world championship honors

Even in the days of the GDR, Stammer, who continued to train several thousand kilometers on his bike every year, had heard of the Masters cycling world championships and the cycling world cup for seniors in St. Johann in Tirol ( Austria ), and had dreamed of participating in them. Just one year after the fall of the Wall , he traveled to St. Johann in Tirol, where these competitions are held annually. Since then he has twice been world champion in his respective age group, twice second, three times third and has won the World Cup once. In 2002 and 2003 he was also International Czech Champion in his age group.

Familiar

Erich Stammer is married to the former canoeist and world champion Annelies Bauer for the second time .

literature

  • Ann Bauer: Ede takes off! The checkered life of Leipzig cyclist Erich Stammer , Leipzig 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leipziger Volkszeitung : Obituaries
  2. ↑ a b Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (ed.): Cycling Week . No. 9/1953 . Berlin 1953, p. 12 .
  3. ^ Presidium of the Cycling Section of the GDR (Ed.): Cycling Week . No. 29/1954 . Berlin 1954, p. 3 .
  4. ↑ Wolfgang Taubmann, Johannes Zimoch, Wilfried Schulz (eds.): Stand up again and again . Spotless-Verlag (cooperation), Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-937943-03-X , p. 141 .
personal data
SURNAME Stammer, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 11, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH 3rd November 2014
Place of death Leipzig