Ernst Nievergelt

Ernst Nievergelt (born March 23, 1912 in Affoltern; † July 1, 1999 in Kappel am Albis ) was a Swiss cyclist who won an Olympic silver and bronze medal in 1936.

Nievergelt had won the amateur championship in Zurich in 1935 . He started for the RV Höngg club. At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin , the road race over 100 kilometers was held on the AVUS -Nordschleife. On the flat course, the field stayed together until the finish and crossed the finish line within a few seconds. The Frenchman Robert Charpentier won ahead of his compatriot Guy Lapébie and Ernst Nievergelt. The team ranking was determined according to the added times of the three best drivers in a country, here the French won ahead of the Swiss with Ernst Nievergelt, Edgar Buchwalder and Kurt Ott .

From 1937 to 1939 Nievergelt took part in professional races. In 1937 he took second place in Rund um Berlin . Nievergelt achieved his only victory as a professional in 1938 when he won the ninth stage of the International Tour of Germany . At the Tour de Suisse he finished second on the sixth stage and 19th place in the overall standings.

literature

Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Hervé Dauchy: Mondial Encyclopedie Cyclisme. Volume 2 GP published in 2000 by the UCI, ISBN 90-74128-73-4

Web links

Ernst Nievergelt in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Ernst Nievergelt in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

↑ According to the SportsReference database, Nievergelt was born in Zurich on March 23, 1910 , and according to the cycling websites and the Encyclopédie Cyclisme on March 23, 1912 in Affoltern. In the city of Zurich there is a district (district) Affoltern , which was an independent municipality at the time, and Affoltern am Albis in the canton of Zurich .
↑ Chronicle. In: rvhoengg.ch. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Never hurt, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	Affoltern
DATE OF DEATH	July 1, 1999
Place of death	Kappel am Albis

[1] According to the SportsReference database, Nievergelt was born in Zurich on March 23, 1910 , and according to the cycling websites and the Encyclopédie Cyclisme on March 23, 1912 in Affoltern. In the city of Zurich there is a district (district) Affoltern , which was an independent municipality at the time, and Affoltern am Albis in the canton of Zurich .

[rvhoengg-31000-2] Chronicle. In: rvhoengg.ch. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .